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We have collected 1 reviews of the Western Digital MyBook Essential. Experts rate Western Digital MyBook Essential 6/10. Reviewsor.com helps you find reviews, best prices, user reviews of the Western Digital MyBook Essential and Western Digital External hard drives.
Western Digital is one of the biggies in terms of external storage and is back with the My Book Essential, an external drive in models from 500 GB to 2 TB, which is the one we tested. The casing is in glossy plastic. Not without charm, it gets dirty easily and picks up finger marks. The connectivity is minimal, consisting of USB 2.0 only. There would have been ample space to integrate e-SATA, handy for transfers over 10 GB. To come back to the casing, although in plastic the MyBook Essential is well made with an excellent finish. You'll be proud to have one on your desk! WD My Book Essential 2 TB WD My Book Studio Edition We're a little diappointed with the My Book Essential. Read speeds are fine but writes are poor. It takes almost a minute to write 1 GB of data to the drive and 35 seconds to retrieve it. Although its speeds aren't up to expectations, it is a nice surprise to find an external hard drive with such low energy consumption. In idle, it doesn't go over 3 watts and while copying this only goes up to around 8 watts.
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500GB Western Digital MY Book Essential USB 3.5" External WDBAAF5000EBK-NESN Hard Drive External | $83.37 | See it |
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Western Digital My Book Essential 1 TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive | $119 | See it |
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Western Digital My Book Essential Edition 250gb External Hard Drive Us | $119.99 | See it |
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Western Digital My Book Essential Edition 500 GB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive WDG1U5000 | $124.99 | See it |
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WESTERN DIGITAL WDH1U5000N 500gb-7200rpm Usb - 2.0 External Storage | $125 | See it |
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Western Digital®, My Book Essential Edition 320 Gb External Drive Usb 2.0 | $129.95 | See it |
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Western Digital My Book Essential 500 GB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive | $129.99 | See it |
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Western Digital My Book Essential 500 GB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive | $136.61 | See it |
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Western Digital WDG1U2500 My Book Essential Edition 250 GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive | $145 | See it |
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Western Digital My Book Essential 160 GB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive WDG1U1600 | $155.44 | See it |
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Western Digital My Book Essential 750 GB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive | $169.99 | See it |
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Western Digital My Book Essential Edition 1tb 7200rpm External Hard Drive | $179.99 | See it |
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2Tb Mybook Essential Edition | $188.95 | See it |
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Western Digital My Book Essential 2 TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive | $279.86 | See it |