This is my 5th Western Digital My Book. The reason that I have five is because they are solid drives at an outstanding price. They are not the fastest out there they spin @ 5400 rpm vs a faster drive at 7200 rpm but they turn in (up to) a respectable transfer rate of 150 mb/sec.
I am not a causual user. Two of my drives run as expanded memory on Bell Expressvu and Fibe receivers and have been performing that job flawlessly and reliably for years. They take a fair amount of abuse. Both receivers recognize and work with the My Books beautifully.
My third drive was given the unenviable task as serving as my animation drive for my work producing animation, this thing reads and writes huge quantities of data A LOT and the thing is just a solid performer and drive metrics show that no matter how hard it works, it stays cool.
This last one simply serves as a backup to everything on my PC's internal drive. At this price and capacity, there was no hesitation to get another one to safe guard my important data. I am more than willing to make the safe bet that a 6th is in my future at some point.
This latest (4TB) drive is being used as a stand alone media drive for my smart TV and all the space and performance makes it work as if it was an integrated component, As always, I could not be happier.
I have recommended these drives to friends and those that have bought them - love them. You will too...
| RAM | 4 TB |
|---|---|
| Hard Drive | 4 TB Mechanical Hard Disk |
| Number of USB 2.0 Ports | 1 |
| Number of USB 3.0 Ports | 1 |
| Brand | WD |
| Series | My Book |
| Item model number | WDBBGB0040HBK-NESN |
| Hardware Platform | PC;Mac |
| Operating System | Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Mac OS X El Capitan, Yosemite or Mavericks |
| Product Dimensions | 8.79 x 21.59 x 17.02 cm; 167.83 g |
| Item dimensions L x W x H | 8.8 x 21.6 x 17 Centimetres |
| Colour | Black |
| Flash memory size | 4 MB |
| Hard Disk Interface | USB 3.0 |
