My Book Studio Edition WDH1Q7500 750 GB

Advantages: Stylish, Very Quiet, Ease of Use
Disadvantages: None

...This stylish hard drive from Western Digital is one of the simplest electronic things I have bought in years. Just plug it into your USB port, and it does every thing for you, no installing drives off CD's, which on some things I have experienced, can be very time consuming. It is also surprisingly quiet and very stylish and with 320 Gb of space theres enough room for thousands of your pictures and music files. This also comes with a Fire Wire cable so transfer of your files is almost instantaneous. The cost is a little higher compared to some of its competitiors, I got mine for £99 from Amazon, but is well worthy of the price tag. I can promise, you wont be disappointed.... Read review

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Advantages: Mega Storage, Quiet, Fast
Disadvantages: Heats up quickly needing extra cooling, Price

...My computer will never be the same again! After installing it I could already notice a major difference. I upgraded from a 250gb WesternDigital to the 750 gb Seagate Barracuda. Product Specification: Type: - Internal Hard drive Form Factor: 3.5" x 1/3H Dimensions (WxDxH): 10.2 cm x 14.7 cm x 2.6 cm Weight: 0.7 kg Capacity: 750 GB Interface Type: ATA-100 Connector: 40 PIN IDC Data Transfer Rate: 100 MBps Spindle Speed: 7200 rpm Buffer Size: 16 MB PROS/CONS: Although most people wont need a hardrive this size to do the basics of any office applications or internet use. This hard drive is for the people who run network drives and do alot of video editing and the like. Just make sure you remove the jumper before you use it as this limits it to standard SATA speed and is fitted by default. The storage capacity is brilliant and access... Read review

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Advantages: Build quality, good brand, lots of connection choices
Disadvantages: Medium speed

...space. If you prefer to put the unit down flat there are four small rubber feet to dampen any vibrations. In use the Iomega drive performed flawlessly. The noise generated is pretty darn good, seeming quieter than some hard drives I have previously tested. This has a lot to do with the decent enclosure, build quality and no doubt damping on the hard drive. On the speed front, it performed as expected on USB 2 and FireWire 400. Using the FireWire 800 connection (if possible) is definitely the way to go. Data transfer was very fast indeed, and although this is not a comparative review, the Iomega was faster than a Freecom Pro hard drive, but a little slower than the Western Digital MyBook Studio edition. The flexibility of the triple interface on the Iomega Pro Desktop Drive, coupled with the rock solid build quality, make this a very... Read review

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