> 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.)
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 -- If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
