Great product for the price
5 5
: I bought this hard drive primarily as a source to back up all my files to–and it works fantastic! I originally saw some comments circulating the internet giving Western Digital a bum rap, but let me assure you they are false or represent a minority of people who buy it and unfortunately have a defective product. Don’t give into such reviews. I’ve been using this drive for almost three months now and it functions as pristinely and smoothly as the day I brought it home. The highlights of this external drive are:
1. Works great with Time Machine (sorry PC users, this is a Mac exclusive)
2. Has its own, simple to install program, for backing up files every few seconds so your data is up to date (so if God forbid your comp ever crashes you will be able to restore everything once more, down to the last second before the crash)
3. Massive amounts of space, 500 GB, good if you want to expand your gamut of computer files–including video, music, and photos
4. Extremely elegant and suave design–complements the new aluminum Macbook pros very well
5. Turns off or goes on standby when you turn your computer off or put it to sleep, respectively
6. Innovative LED functions that tell you how much space is being used up and when the hard drive is active or not
7. Smaller than it looks, quite literally the size of a paperback that is approximately 400 pgs
8. THE BEST FEATURE: It has FireWire 400/800 that makes backups a breeze, backing up 90 GB of my files in a record 1 hour, give or take
Overall it is a great buy, especially at J&R where I have yet to see it for cheaper at any other store. The only issue I have, albeit very minor, is that it does add some noise to an otherwise quiet macbook environment (all mac users know that the laptops run like a charm, absolutely zero background noise). But compared to other external drives, I’m sure its relatively quiet. If your looking for a reliable drive with a huge capacity, speedy transfer rate, and relatively inexpensive look no further. BUY!
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