Western Digital My Book Studio 500 GB USB 2.0/FireWire 400/800/eSATA Desktop External Hard Drive
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Digital product summary information
Manufacturer: Western DigitalAudio: English (Original Language)
Format: CD
Platform: Mac
Model: WDH1Q5000N
Product features:
- Plug-and-play setup for easy installation
- Automatically backs up important data, synchronizes files to keep them current
- Compatible with USB 2.0, FireWire 400 and 800, and eSATA
- Formatted for Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later, can be reformatted for Windows 2000, XP, and Vista
- Turns itself on and off with your computer and Safe Shutdown prevents the drive from being powered down until all your data has been written
- Caselogic LHDC-1 Neoprene Portable Hard Drive Case (Dark Gray)
- AmazonBasics IEEE 1394 4-Pin/6-Pin FireWire Cable (6 Feet/1.8 Meters)
- AmazonBasics High-Speed HDMI Cable (6.5 Feet/2.0 Meters)[Supports 3D + Audio Return Channel][OLD MODEL]
- AmazonBasics High-Speed HDMI Cable (9.8 Feet/3.0 Meters) [Supports 3D + Audio Return Channel]
- AmazonBasics High-Speed HDMI Braided Cable (6.5 Feet/2.0 Meters)
Digital camera reviews of Western Digital My Book Studio 500 GB USB 2.0/FireWire 400/800/eSATA Desktop External Hard Drive
Digital camera Review: A mixed bag..
Summary: 3 Stars
I have had this drive for over a month now, and I am using it with a PowerBook G4 (15" w/ 80GB HDD) originally running Tiger (MacOS 10.4.11) and now Leopard (started with 10.5.2 and now on 10.5.4). My plan was to set this up with 2 bootable 80GB partitions maintained using Carbon Copy Cloner and devote the rest for Time Machine (I was planning to upgrade to Leopard) backup space. For the pros, it works well with Time Machine and Carbon Copy Cloner, and I can use either USB, Firewire 400 or Firewire 800. The noise and vibration from this drive seems to be minimal (even when in use). My main complaint/disappointment is that I cannot boot from this drive. When I boot with the drive powered up and connected via firewire and hold the option key, this drive never appears as an option either from FW 400 or FW 800 port (at least with cables provided) -- only the internal drive shows up. I did get it to work once by selecting one of the bootable partitions as the next boot choice, but since then I have not been able to get it to work. My hope is it will work as a boot drive with a newer Intel MacBook when I get one. Another oddity, I was unable to get the firmware upgrade to take. I was hoping the newer firmware might help with this issue. I will continue exploring this option.
As a follow up, I have been able to boot Intel MacBook Pro (Firewire 400) and MacBook Air (USB) off this drive. I had to reformat the disk to use GUID partition table to support the MacBook Air.
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Summary of Western Digital My Book Studio 500 GB USB 2.0/FireWire 400/800/eSATA Desktop External Hard Drive
Speed is what you need when for video editing, big design projects, or managing photo shoots and that's what this drive delivers with FireWire 800 and eSATA connectivity. With our automatic backup capability your creative masterpieces will be backed up the minute you save them.External Hard Drives
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