500GB Western Digital
500GB Western Digital Drive – WD My Book Essential Edition
WDH1U5000N
By Andreas Lee
500GB Western Digital
My Book Essential Edition WDH1U5000N has a half terabyte storage that is the best choice for additional storage, a value line of Western Digital external drive, and has a great feature for the money. This 500GB Western Digital drive reminiscent of a book, thinner than WD My Book Mirror Edition but has a same design. It just takes a novel book space on your work desk.
With 500GB storage, it can hold up to 125 000 MP3, 142 000 digital photos, 38 hours of Digital Video (DV), and 60 hours of High Definition (HD) video. My Book Essential Edition 500GB Western Digital drive is one of most external drives which is suitable as additional or backup storage since it is pretty easy to use, no need a drive to install, just plug in and it can be used in a few seconds with its simple USB 2.0 connection for convenience and compatibility for most computers. The target market of this external drive is for computer users who don’t need multiple connectivity options (e-SATA, USB, firewire) and don’t want to take apart their computer just to add an additional storage.
The default configuration of this 500GB Western Digital drive is configure to power down after 10 minutes of inactivity or automatically turned off if the computer has been shut down.
My Book Essential Edition 500GB Western digital drive has a 465GB single partition using FAT system which assured to be used on multiple platforms.
Pros
Easy to use as backup or instant storage with large capacity that comes with low price, and long time use in durability.
Cons
The poorness of this 3.5 inch 500GB Western Digital drive is found on its elegant, smooth, and shiny external case. Fingerprints are easy to imprinted on its case and easy to be scratched so be careful while handling it.
WD My Book Essential Edition
Specs
- Capacity size : 500 GB
- Spindle speed : 7200 RPM
- Buffer cache size : 16 MB
- Transfer rate : 480 Mbps
- Interface : USB 2.0
- System requirements : available USB port, Windows 2000/XP/Vista, Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later
- Package includes : external drive, AC adapter, USB cable, and quick install guide
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