pretty quiet. fast FW800. mostly problem free
Previously I had an OWC 1TB drive as back up for my iMac. It was in RAID-0 and also FW800 so it was fast. But loud! And I would only turn it on for backing up data.
It stopped working after a year so I purchased a couple LaCie 750GB [...]
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Hp pocket media drive is awesome
Recently bought an HP pavilion slimline tower and wanted to backup my computer. Hard drive slides right into the expansion bay. Easy to use, comes with Roxio backup my pc software pre-installed on drive. Great product.
Update (9/7/2010): This item is currently on sale here for the lowest price I’ve seen. [...]
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Western Digital Passport - A Great Value In Portable External HDs
The Western Digital My Passport Essential 320GB USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive (Midnight Black) is the largest capacity in the portable essentials line-up. This comes in a variety of colors including Pink, Real Red, Artic White and Intense Blue. They say that this [...]
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SmartDisk - you rock my world
(Footnote - I recommend the FireWire Firelite over the USB one, simply because of better performance - however, all of their drives seem great)
As a filmmaker, I depend heavily upon Final Cut Pro and editing footage
I beat the heck outta my external drives —- I store all of my film [...]
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Poor backup option in image mode
If you purchased this drive and software (as I did) to restore after system crashes you may be in for a rude surprise - the included Safetydrill software does not (as claimed) delete older versions of backups as required to make space for newer ones, instead it MOVES them to [...]
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Poor backup option in image mode
If you purchased this drive and software (as I did) to restore after system crashes you may be in for a rude surprise - the included Safetydrill software does not (as claimed) delete older versions of backups as required to make space for newer ones, instead it MOVES them to [...]
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Tight little package
I openned up the box and immediately dodged all the manuals like I always do. I’ve owned a Seagate FreeAgent 120 and Iomega iGo so I figure this would be cake. Plugged it into my XP system and it detected it right away, the blue lights came on but the fun paused there. [...]
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Differences between it and the Essential
The reviewer who said that this product is identical as the WD Passport Essential (other than the soft finish) is incorrect. The two big features that are included with the Elite are backup software and a capacity gauge. You also get remote access software (no biggie for me). [...]
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Beatiful but crappy
IMPORTANT UPDATE: DRIVER HAS FAILED, READ THE END OF THE REVIEW BEFORE BUYING!!!!!!!!!! (Amazon doesn’t allow me to change from five to zero stars)
I purchased this external HD mainly for backups of my HP laptop and my wife’s Mackbook. The main reason for choosing this model was that it is one of the [...]
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What in the hell is wrong with Western Digital
If you are just looking to add an additional drive for storage, don’t buy this new version of My Book Essential. Especially if you plan to buy more than one (which you of course should unless it’s purely a backup drive). You will regret it unless you [...]
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