- Large capacity, good price, good quality material.
- The USB cable is included.
- The drive is lightweight, small and miniature transformer. It is not really portable as the external power supply is essential, but it remains very easy to transport.
- It does not heat.
- Rather quick to backups.
- Works seamlessly with OS X Snow Leopard.
- The activity light is in the back, and it's not so bad: it avoids shine in the dark.
- Note that there is no button to stop it.
- The final verdict will depend on the reliability over the long term, but for now this perfectly fulfills its function. And as usual, the service is impeccable Amazon.com.
EDIT 1: In use, the disc is silent in operation, but paradoxically when he goes to sleep, it emits a light continuous buzz. You can adjust this setting in Windows with the utility "Spindown gold Stop Utility" downloaded from the official website: [...] However this software is only available for Windows, Western Digital is not judging them worthy Macintosh users an equivalent service.
For this loss of two stars to my original notes. Luckily I only use it for storage, because if he was constantly connected that buzz would quickly become unbearable. In comparison, the My Book series is a bit more expensive, but really quiet in use and in standby.
EDIT 2: It's strange, the buzz is not systematic, sometimes the drive is completely silent. This is not a sound of faulty mechanical component, as when a disk will drop. It clearly recognizes the penning system heads. In short, to see the use in what circumstances it is issued. Maybe software that disrupts the functioning standby ...
