Western Digital My Book Essential Edition WDG1U7500 750 GB

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Small, simple, elegant, and very easy to use - just plug the My Book Essential Edition in, and you've got plenty of room to back up and save your valuable data, music, photos, and movies.





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Author's product rating:   Western Digital My Book Essential Edition WDG1U7500 750 GB - rated by thewhitewolf


Advantages: very big space from a brand leader
Disadvantages: none

Recommend to potential buyers: yes 

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This hard drive is very similar in look and feel to the other Passport versions that Western Digital I found this hard drive that i liked that offered my requirements in a nice handy little black box.

Design

Its presented in a big box, and I was very relieved (and also surprised) to see how small it actually is! At 8cm in width, by 1.5 in height and 13 cm in depth, the passport fails to take up much space on your desk or on top of your pc tower. Its a miniscule 105 gs which means i can hold it in one palm quite easily. The black enclosure case is attractive and i hardly notice the sounds it makes when transferring files, thats how quiet this black box is!

Instructions

The instructions were straight forward to plug it in, and watch it go. I inserted the USB canle and within a minute of plugging it in I received the software had been recognised and it was well on its way to fulfilling its purpose.

Moments later the software was automatically installed, and it was ready for use. Its recommended for use on Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP, Apple MacOS X 10.1.5 or later, Microsoft Windows Vista. I moved all of my games and some music files to the hard disk, along with backups of university work, and photos (the 3 rules of computing are back up, back up, back up!).

Performance

It transfers at a rate of 480 Mbps which in practise turned out to be surprisingly fast. Access time was very quick, 12ms per second seek time, so within the hour i had backed up and transferred my files!. I have had no trouble streaming games and movies from my hard disk, with access to files within the disk is as instant as a normal hard disk drive.
It can be stored on it's side, or standing up right. They can also be stacked, if 750gb isn't enough for you! There is a circular light around the on/off button to indicate that the device is on, and also that disk access is being made. During powerdown of your computer, the hard disk will automatically turn off, so there is no need to turn it off yourself.
The unique Capacity Gauge LED is extremely useful as it tells me how much space is left without me having to check o my pc.
They can be easily knocked over, so if you're untidy like me, then clean up your work area or you'll continually keep turning the thing on.

I would thoroughly recommend this product due to its great reliability and very good value for money. 
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Memory / capacity Excellent 
Reliability Excellent 
Design Excellent 
Ease of Installation Excellent - very quick and easy 
Ease of use Very easy 
Instruction manual Very useful 
Manufacturer Support Good 
Speed Very fast 
Value For Money Excellent 

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