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As some of you may know, I have recently started a graphic design course at university. When we started it was advised to get an external hard drive to back up our work. Believe me, I would not... more

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  • 35 of 35 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 4 Strawberry_123

    Member since 07/02/2011

    Reviews written: 53

    5 Stars One of the cheaper hard drives with a large memory capacity! 18/03/2011
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Cheaper than most hard drives, compatible with Mac, lots of storage space!

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Design is too boring!

    As some of you may know, I have recently started a graphic design course at university. When we started it was advised to get an external hard drive to back up our work. Believe me, I would not want to waste my time re-drawing and editing the work I’ve lost! This was the main reason I purchased the Western Digital 1TB external hard drive. I was looked specifically for one compatible with Mac, therefore my choice was initially limited. Sadly, most hard drives are only compatible Windows! After reading many reviews myself, the Western Digital brand was the top choice. Packaging All the packaging ... more
  • 5 of 5 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    pcwiz11

    5 Stars The Best of every Element Review with images 23/08/2010
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Masses of Space, Design, Value for Money, Power Consumption

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Not the fastest

    I had been considering buying an external hard drive for a while because it became clear 80GB wasn't enough for me. I started by looking in the Argos catalogue and looked at a Hitachi one because I knew they were reliable as I had one. It was £74.99 for 500GB. I kept looking around the net on various sites like Amazon and Play.com and the prices were less than that for double the memory. Finally, I was torn between 2 hard drives. The Seagate Expansion 1TB and this. I opted for this purely because it was a few pounds cheaper and the Seagate had lots of bad reviews about reliability and a ... more

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Product Description WD Elements Desktop WDBAAU0010HBK - hard drive - 1 TB - USB 2.0, WD Elements Desktop WDE1U10000 - hard drive - 1 TB - USB 2.0
Type Hard drive - external ( desktop )
Capacity 1 TB
Interface USB 2.0
Data Transfer Rate 480 Mbps

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