Western Digital Introduces 320GB Scorpio Notebook HDD

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Western Digital announced its latest notebook hard drive today called the Scorpio 320GB SATA hard drive. This drive uses the 2.5-inch form factor for use in notebook computers and small external hard drive enclosures.

The drive is also very slim with a 9.5mm thickness and uses proprietary technology to keep the drive quiet. The transfer rate for the drive is 3 GB/s and it has a rotational speed of 5400rpm. Read more

Posted on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:39:36 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Western Digital Passport with 250GB Review

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WD introduced the shiny black Western Digital Passport with 250GB portable HDD in July. Our partner Digital Trends just published a review of the Western Digital Passport drive.

Quote from the review: "Notebook users would be wise to keep a portable backup of their drive’s contents, as they are prone to dying at a young age from being moved around so much. Read more

Posted on Tue, 2 Oct 2007 08:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Western Digital Adds My Book Studio Edition

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Western Digital added three other new My book external hard drives to its lineup last week. Today they have added a fourth new My Book Edition called the My Book Studio Edition. The drive is formatted for Mac users and is equipped with quadruple interfaces.

Interface options include USB 2.0, FireWire 400/800, and eSATA. Capacities available range from 320GB to 1TB and Mac software for automatic, continual backups is included. The software will also encrypt backups as well. Read more

Posted on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:00:29 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Western Digital Adds New Drives to My Book Family of Externals

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Western Digital’s family of My Book external storage devices has a few new members. Today a My Book Home Edition, My book Office Edition and a MY Book Essential Edition were added to the lineup.

Capacities ranging from 320 GB to 1TB are being offered and each version offers features tailored to the environment of the user. The home version automatically and continuously backs up a user’s computer. The office edition adds the ability to remotely access and manage data and the essential edition is for users looking for simple storage solutions. Read more

Posted on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:49:36 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Western Digital 750GB Hard Drive WD7500AAKS Review

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3dGameMan reviews the Western Digital 750GB Hard Drive WD7500AAKS. The WD 750GB HDD starts at $190 on these stores.

Quote from the review: "The Western Digital Caviar SE16 750GB Hard Drive (WD7500AAKS) is one of the largest hard drives currently on the market. Why does anyone need a hard drive this large? Well, if you are asking this question, you probably don't. Read more

Posted on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Western Digital Raptor X 150GB Hard Drive Review

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3DGameman reviews the Western Digital Raptor X 150GB Hard Drive.

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"The Western Digital Raptor X 150GB Hard Drive performs very well in a single drive configuration, but even better in a RAID0 configuration. This is really no surprise to me because I've own all the Western Digital Raptor series drives and they were stable, reliable and fast. None of these drives have ever failed. Read more

Posted on Wed, 6 Jun 2007 12:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Western Digital Launches New Line of AV Hard Drives

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Today Western Digital (WD) announced a new line of Hard Disk Drives (HDD) for the audio and video markets. AV use is one of the fastest growing sectors of hard drive use. This makes sense if you consider how many people are currently using DVR and Tivo devices that rely on HDD internally to store video.

The new WD line was built around durability more than size increases or even new speeds. In addition to being built for optimal durability the new drives are also made to be quiet and cool as well. Anyone who has used a DVR inside a closed entertainment center can tell you how much heat they put out. One of my biggest issues with my SuddenLink DVR is the noise the HDD makes as it seeks and writes data. It is quite bothersome during quiet movie moments or when you are trying to sleep or read and the DVR is recording. Read more

Posted on Mon, 9 Apr 2007 18:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

New Western Digital My Book Pro II 1TB External HDD

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Western Digital is introducing their new 1TB My Book Pro II external hard drive. The new drive is shipping configured for RAID 0, which spans data across both of the 500GB internal drives for 1TB of total storage space.

However, the new My Book can be configured to use RAID 1 where the data is mirrored between the two drives for security and redundancy should one of the drives fail. Connectivity for the new 1TB drive is via USB 2.0, FireWire 400 and FireWire 800. Read more

Posted on Tue, 3 Oct 2006 11:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun