Front View of Drive

The My Book is Western Digital’s flagship harddrive for desktop use.

It looks like a book, hence the name. It is a nice little drive, and the “morse code holes” as advertised on the website, do a good job of keeping the thing cool.

If you have a recent OS, like Windows XP or Vista, the drivers will install automatically (same goes for Mac OS X and Linux – just plug the thing in and it’s detected).

Inside the package there is a power brick, the drive, and 1 USB cable and 1 FireWire Cable.

Serial Transfer Rate
	eSATA
	Serial Bus Transfer Rate (eSATA)	3 Gb/s (Max)

	FireWire 400
	Serial Bus Transfer Rate (1394a)	400 Mbits/s (Max)

	USB 2.0
	Serial Bus Transfer Rate (USB 2.0)	480 Mbits/s (Max)

Physical Specifications
	Capacity	500 GB
	Interface	Triple Interface

Physical Dimensions
English
	Height	6.5 Inches (Max)
	Length	5.4 Inches (Max)
	Width	2.1 Inches
	Weight	2.5 Pounds

Metric
	Height	166 mm (Max)
	Length	137 mm (Max)
	Width	54 mm
	Weight	1.15 kg

Environmental Specifications
Temperature (English)
	Operating	41° F to 95° F
	Non-operating	-4° F to 149° F

Temperature (Metric)
	Operating	5° C to 35° C
	Non-operating	-20° C to 65° C

Electrical Specifications
Current Requirements
	Power Dissipation
	AC Input Voltage	100-240 VAC
	AC Input Frequency	47-63

One thing I found was that the USB and FireWire cables were a bit short if you have your drive on the ground. You might need to buy longer ones. Also, the drive is a bit heavy.

It is a good drive and will not crash on you, it is also so simple to use and the “amount of space left” meters are excellent! Just plug it into the wall and you’re set to go.

It’s a sturdy drive and I recommend it. The pricing is right too! It’s only around 100-150 dollars at Costco in Canada (the prices are changing all the time).

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