Western Digital My Book Essential Edition 500GB / USB 2.0 / 7200rpm Reviews

The MyBook Premium edition is compact, employs an innovative design, has an external capacity gau... (cnet.com)

Looks sleek & stylish, Good transfer rates for USB 2.0. (techtree.com)

alaTest Review Summary

We have collected and analysed 3 expert reviews and 156 user reviews from international sources. The alaScore™ for this product is 77/100 = Good. Experts rate this product 67/100 and users rate it 64/100. The average review date is April 19, 2007. We have compared these reviews to 35656 reviews from other Hard Drives. Last update: December 1, 2008.

159 reviews

December, 2008

67 / 100

3 Experts

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64 / 100

156 Users

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Expert Reviews (3)

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Western Digital MyBook Premium Edition 500GB External Hard Drive

By (cnet.com)

The MyBook Premium edition is compact, employs an innovative design, has an external capacity gauge, comes with backup software, and is a speedy data reader.

The MyBook Premium edition is slow to write data, over both USB 2.0 and FireWire 400.

If write speed isn't a top priority, the Western Digital MyBook is a good deal at around $300 for a 500GB drive. It'll look good on your desk or bookshelf, too.

Drive type: external hard disk driveAvailable capacities: 160GB; 250GB; 320GB...

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Western Digital My Book Essential Edition 500GB

By Punit Lodaya (techtree.com)

The Western Digital My Book Essential Edition 500 GB is a portable storage solution, which boasts of high capacity and high reliability.

Looks sleek & stylish, Good transfer rates for USB 2.0.

Expensive, Should have given option of eSATA, Only 1-Year Warranty.

Conclusion The Western Digital My Book Essential Edition 500GB is available f...

User Reviews (156)

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"Inconsistent at best!"

By haydabeck (cnet.com)

I will never buy a WD hard drive again. Tech... 

Ease of use.

You never know when it will work or when it will not.

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"Terrible product!"

By tushaun (cnet.com)

I used the hard drive to store some media fil... 

I really can't think of anything positive to say.

The drive failed shortly after my one-year warranty was up.

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"unit has little limited lifetime"

By itsgoofy (cnet.com)

The review does not take into account the lif... 

looks nice

quality of disk poor

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