I was very happy with my first WD "My Book" and have just bought a second.
It's neat, simple and incredibly quiet. It discretely turns itself on and off when the PC it's attached to is switched on or off, so there's no need for a power switch, which is one of my favourite things about it.
The slowly flashing blue light on the front is just a little bit sci-fi but not too distracting. It's quite classy.
The only connectivity is USB, so it's not the quickest drive in the world, but it's easily good enough for archiving and backup purposes, hence the 'My Book' brand- it's the kind of thing that's supposed to sit quietly on a shelf, it's not a rugged outdoors crazy-usage kind of drive.
In my job I work with some very valuable data files and we've learnt from experience that NO hard drive is ever GUARANTEED not to fail and that you should ALWAYS have two copies of EVERYTHING- I can't stress that enough. Obviously this drive's no different, but that's not a criticism of this drive unless somebody can show me any drive that works perfectly forever.
The case does feel a little bit flimsy compared to some of the metal-cased external HDs I've had. However for a keep-at-home extra storage and backup option, the WD My Books are currently a bargain and I'll be buying another one soon as well.Get more detail about Western Digital My Book Essential Edition 1TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive.
