Probably the most amazing feature of the western digital my book studio edition ii 6 tb array is the price. Western digital launches my passport studio 2tb portable. Wd adds firewire 800 to mac external hard drive cnet. Its formatted for mac and compatible with apple time machine making backups quick and easy. I couldnt see any realworld throughput comparisons other than knowing that firewire is 800 mbs and usb 2 is 480 mbs. Mar 17, 2011 western digital has slapped two of its tripleterabyte monsters into a dualdisk enclosure and paired it with esata and firewire 800 interfaces to create the my book studio edition ii. Western digital 4tb my book desktop external hard drive, usb 3. The western digital my book studio external hard drive has 2tb of storage that works out of the box with your mac os x leopard or snow leopard machine. The western digital my book thunderbolt duo has a minimalist rounded face with a small wd badge and pinholesized white status light.
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Western digital wdbc3g0020halnesn my book studio 2tb external hard drive 2tb, firewire 800, usb 2. Apr, 2012 the western digital my book thunderbolt duo has a minimalist rounded face with a small wd badge and pinholesized white status light. Shop for wd my book studio 3 tb firewire 800 external hard drive at best buy. Western digital my book external desktop drive users manual. Jul 09, 2011 theres not much to say about the new western digital my book studio 3tb hard drive. Were waiting for a thunderbolt update for western digitals range of macfriendly external hard drives, but for macs of a slightly older vintage the my book studio is a high quality product. Firewire 800 and thunderbolt will both get you about 80mbs of realworld readwrite speed when you have 7200 rpm disks in your laptop and in your external drive. Move data at unprecedented speeds video editors and other digital media professionals can do more work in less time with the groundbreaking data transfer speed of the thunderbolt ports on my book thunderbolt duo. From a design perspective, the highlight is certainly the fact that the drives are user accessible without being visually distracting via a lid that opens with moderate pressure on the front edge.
It looks quite nice and would go nicely with a mac pro or any. Wd my book studio desktop hard drive features blazingfast usb 3. Wd my book studio 3 tb firewire 800 external hard drive. If youre feeling brave, you can follow the advice of other answers here and take the thing apart and check each individual d. In addition, the pro edition my books replace the western digital backup software found on the premium editions with emc retrospect express backup and recovery software. The drive came with raid0 striped, meaning that the two drives were logically connected and appeared to the mac as an external 6tb drive. Sep 09, 2012 western digitals my book studio has both firewire 800 and usb to provide extra compatibility, so you should always be able to access your files even on an older pc.
Shop wd my book studio ii 2tb external esatafirewireusb 2. I have had problems with this drive right from the start which i was not expecting from a company like western digital. The mybook studio edition ii comes in a foot cube box and is the same size as most dual 3. View full western digital my book studio edition ii specs on cnet. This wd my book studio 3 tb firewire 800 external hard drive is in use every day as a time machine mac backup drive.
In 2011, western digital released the my book live edition nas. The pro edition my books contain all of the features of the premium edition ones, but with added firewire 800 connectivity for fast data transfer. My book live uses applied micro apm82181 processor working at 800 mhz and has 256 mb of ram. Apr 14, 2011 probably the most amazing feature of the western digital my book studio edition ii 6 tb array is the price. Data transfer speeds up to 800mbs ensure fast transfer of your information, especially when connected via the firewire800 port. Western digital mybook 6tb studio edition ii 9to5mac.
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It looks quite nice and would go nicely with a mac pro or any aluminum mac. Western digital my book studio edition 1tb external hard drive wd0h1q00. Wd wd 2tb my book studio external hard drive, firewire800. Western digitals my book studio is the latest evolution in their long history of back up devices. The potential readwrite speeds that the bus can handle wont matter if you have two hard disks spinning as fast as they can. Review about western digital my book studio lx 2 tb firewire 800usb 2. Contrary to previous versions, live has no usb ports. New listing western digital mybook 2tb firewire 800 external drive. Western digitals my book thunderbolt duo is about as big as wds my book studio ii, and the two drives have similar cases, the obvious difference are the different activity indicator lights. Western digital my book studio 2tb desktop external hard. Western digital released a new my passport studio portable drive with a highspeed firewire 800 interface. My book studio desktop hard drive features blazingfast superspeed usb 3. Given that no macs have an integrated esata port, theres no esata cable in the box. Western digitals my book studio has both firewire 800 and usb to provide extra compatibility, so you should always be able to access your files even on an older pc.
The drive is a firewire 800 drive and the mac only has a firewire 400 port, so i had to also use this cord to connect them tripp lite f017006 ieee 94b firewire 6 feet 800 gold hispeed cable 9 pin6 pin. My book studio edition user manual connecting the device 6 connecting the device firewire or usb 1. This one however, is the first with two 3tb drives inside. Western digital provides data storage solutions, including systems, hdd, flash ssd, memory and personal data solutions to help customers capture and preserve their most valued data. This 500gb drive has a quad interface for maximum connectivity. Western digital firewire 800 external hard disk drives.
Apr 09, 2011 the mybook studio edition ii comes in a foot cube box and is the same size as most dual 3. Use bizrates latest online shopping features to compare prices. Sounds to me like youve done the obvious steps with software to try to diagnose the problem, but no problem was found. Used western digital my passport ultra 2 tb external usb 3. Connection to a firewire 400 device transfers data at firewire 400 speed up to 400 mbs. Wd my passport studio drives get firewire 800 oct 30. I have another of this same model, purchased one year before, thats doing fine. Western digital my book thunderbolt duo pdf user manuals. Browsing with the finder on the connected hd western digital my book studio ii is very slow and indexing thumbnails of pictures takes ages. Western digital ships the my book studio edition ii with cables for usb 2. Because my macbook pro doesnt have usb 3 and thunderbolt drives are very expensive, firewire 800 was an obvious option. Western digital my book studio edition ii 2tb external hdd. Wd my book studio wdbc3g0020hal hard drive 2 tb firewire 800 firewire usb 2. Wd my book studio 2tb mac external hard drive storage usb 3.
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