The WD My Book (4TB) desktop-class external hard drive is a basic, large-capacity drive. It's what you need if you're a compulsive video downloader, photograph everything you do, or need to keep every MP3 you own in one place.
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If you've set yourself up with a USB 3.0 connection, the My Book Essential is a decent desktop drive to complement it, and shows promise for the interface in the times ahead.
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roblawton
Handy little thing, a typical Western Digital MyBook if you ask me. Hopefully the 2TB I got will last longer than my older 1TB from a couple of years back. I partitioned it right down the middle, 1TB for Time Machine and 1TB for iTunes and so far, everything's running nice and smoothly!...
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Gigabyte
I normally buy Seagate but this was a great deal on BestBuy.com! Western Digital My Book Essential 2 TB USB 3.0/2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive WDBACW0020HBK-NESN
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th3l0n3r4ng3r
It's USB, speed seems to be limited by it. The drive can probably perform better with a different interface.
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