MyBook HDD’s capacity increased to 2TB
- Wednesday, April 1, 2009, 9:22
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The capacities of storage devices used to store the digital goodness have increased steadily in past few years. The most popular method of storing huge amount of data has been the external hard drives only. External hard drives are portable, comparatively cheaper and offer a easy way to increase your system’s storage capacity. Western Digital is no exception too as they have expanded their My Book family of external hard drives to 2TB capacity. It is claimed to be the largest capacity available in any single-drive system.
Regardless of the fact that whether you are a creative power user on Mac or a home user on a PC, My Book family is designed for everyone with its ranges including the My Book Studio Edition, My Book Mac Edition, My Book Home Edition and My Book Essential Edition models. The My Book Studio Edition and My Book Mac Edition are designed for creative professionals and video editors who work on Macs coming preformatted in HFS+. The My Book Studio Edition is featured with high speed FireWire 400/800 and eSATA interfaces over the standard USB 2.0. The My Book Studio Edition is included with a limited warranty of five year, while the My Book Mac Edition comes with a one year limited warranty. The My Book Home Edition on the other hand is aimed at home PC users and is equipped with continuous backup software and high speed eSATA and Firewire 400 and USB 2.0 interfaces as well. It comes with a 3 year limited warranty. The My Book Essential Edition contains USB 2.0 only and includes a one year warranty.
All the drives in the range of new 2TB are equipped with SmartPower features that is capable of turning the drive on and off with the computer. The Safe Shutdown prevents the drive from powering down until all the data has been written when connected through USB or FireWire. The units also take care of the power saving by switching into standby mode after 10 minutes on inactivity.
The MyBook Studio Edition, My Book Home Edition and My Book Essential Edition 2TB external hard drives from the house of Western Digital are now available for sale while the My Book Mac Edition is expected in the next month. The price of the external hard drives ranges from USD $329.99 to USD $379.99, depending on the model of the drive and the capacity.
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