On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 03:32:37 -0400, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote (in article <1ijo8ef.1ncwys63sx7ncN%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz>):
> J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to@but.see.sig> wrote: > >> On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 06:08:42 -0400, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote >> (in article <1ijmlcp.1qcl9oxqve46N%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz>): >> >>> I'm thinking of buy a MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION 500GB because it's the >>> cheapest 500GB FW800 HD I can find. But I seem to be coming across a lot >>> of negative feedback, especially by Leopard users. >>> >>> Thoughts? >>> >>> TIA, >>> Jamie Kahn Genet >>> >>> >> >> I have three My Book external drives, an Essential 750 (USB 2 only) and two >> Home 320s (USB 2 and FireWire 400, the older version, without the eSATA). >> All >> work quite well with a range of Macs and Windows machines. I was looking at >> the 1TB My Books. The main diff between the Home versions and the Studio >> versions is the colour (black/silver) the FireWire options (two 400/one 400 >> and one 800) and the price ($300/$320). >> >> I was also looking at Seagate drives, and noted that the Seagate Free Agent >> Pro 1 TB costs what the My Book 1 TB Studio costs, but only has FireWire 400 >> like the Home and ships formatted NTFS instead of FAT32. Seagate's Maxtor >> One >> Touch 4 Plus is the Maxtor version of that drive, and costs what the Home >> does and is similarly equipped. The 'Seagate' version has a 5 year warranty, >> the 'Maxtor' version has a 1 year warranty. >> >> The My Book Studio seems to be the best deal for a FW 800 drive. My old WDs >> work fine. Only the Essential is still in warranty, and I've had no problems >> with any of them. What negative feedback have you been getting, and for >> which >> version? There have been at least three. (Two with the circular LEDs on the >> front, one with the single line LED on the front.) > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Digital_My_Book> > > See the comments: > <http://www.macworld.com/article/131837/2008/01/mybookstudio1tb.html> > <http://www.tuaw.com/2007/09/21/new-my-book-external-hds-from-wd/> > <http://www.tuaw.com/2008/05/12/wd-mybook-updates-for-leopard-compatibil > ity/> > > It hasn't inspired confidence. I've just ordered a 500GB LaCie d2 Quadra > as LaCie seems to receive less bad press and user feedback. I know all > HDs fail, but when even the Wikipedia entry is negative that cannot be a > good sign. > > Regards, > Jamie Kahn Genet >
Hmmm. It appears that the problems are mostly with the FW800 drives, or exactly the ones you want and I don't have. Which goes a fair way towards explaining why I didn't (and still don't) have any problems.
The only FW800 drive I have is an old LaCie d2 250 GB unit. I'm waiting for the power supply to go belly-up on it, and will probably replace it with a 1 TB Seagate or WD. just not a dual-drive RAID Seagate or WD. Given past experience with LaCie power supplies, I'v got 18-24 month left before it dies.
