WD My Book Studio 2TB External Desktop Hard Drive with Metal Enclosure

Title : WD My Book Studio 2TB External Desktop Hard Drive with Metal Enclosure
ASIN : B004VDR5Q4

Features :

• Interface:FireWire 800 / FireWire / USB 2.0
• Weight:1.18 kg
• Features:Security lock slot (cable lock sold separately), password authentication
• Capacity:2 TB
• Device Type:Hard drive - external ( desktop )

List Price : £153.99
Price : £110.00
Saved Price : £43.99

category: Products
brand: Western Digital
Item Page Detail URL : link
Rating : 4.0
Review : Quiet, fast, reliable and nice to look at
This Western Digital MyBook Studio is a 1TB external hard drive with a 'wall-wart' power supply, and connections for both Firewire 800 and USB 2.0. In operation it is quick and quiet, and has the added benefit of powering down when not in use, thus entirely eliminating the noise. It's good-looking in its brushed aluminium enclosure, and also comes with some useful drive management and backup software, which you can use if you like. The drive is Mac formatted out of the box, though you can easily reformat it for Windows if you prefer.

This is the second Western Digital My Book sitting on my desk. It nestles next to its big brother, the dual-drive RAID based version. I mention this because, over the years, I've never had a Western Digital drive fail on me, either internal or external. This is quite an achievement, seeing as I've been through a dozen LaCies, Maxtors and others of more or less high-brand prominence, all of which have failed me sooner or later (some very soon...