[Eug-lug] hardware query...

[Ben Barrett]

I get 698.46 GB via FAT32, on the 750 model, and have great luck with
it.  Have heard of no problems to date with them, although most I know
of are not always-on drives.  Sometimes on for days though.
I've found newegg's product reviews very helpful (even for reference,
when purchasing elsewhere), as their user-base has more collective
experience to compare with competetive models and across product
lines.

ben


On Dec 7, 2007 1:56 PM, dooger watts <mikemcoo at efn.org> wrote:
> Kool.  Just what I wanted to hear.
>
> Have read that there's a ten percent loss off the actual 500gigs in
> formatting--but this seems pretty standard.
>
> The advertised space on the 250 claims that, formatted, there's slightly
> MORE than 250 gigs of space, so maybe they're packing a 280gig drive in
> there--or else they're lying.
>
> But anyhoo, I'm glad to hear there are no overheating probs.
>
> Thanx Rachel for your prompt and thoughtful reply,
> m
>
> RK R wrote:
> > I've used them a bit and they seem to work fairly well.  I've been using
> > a 500GB model for an external backup drive at a client's for about 4
> > months now without any issues.
> >
> > ~Rachel
> >
> > On Dec 7, 2007 12:59 PM, dooger watts <mikemcoo at efn.org
>
> > <mailto:mikemcoo at efn.org>> wrote:
> >
> >     Just wondering if any of you rotorheads have any experience with the WD
> >     MyBook external hard drive.
> >
> >     They seem to get cheaper every day and I've been thinking how great it
> >     would be to have a nice 250gig or so external HD to back up to.
> >
> >     My experience with external drive enclosures has been that if they don't
> >     have cooling fans, they overheat.  But most of the new external
> >     enclosures don't seem to have cooling fans anymore.
> >
> >     Any thoughts/advice, o ye maestros?
> >
> >     Thanx a meg,
> >     m
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