Curse of FUD ;) I've used two on one system, although I think one was smaller than the other.
ben On Dec 9, 2007 7:18 PM, dooger watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ben Barrett wrote: > > 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. > > What kool advice, to go to newegg for reviews. Got a discount offer > from buy.com--but I do love/prefer newegg. > > There were a stack of reviews at buy.com--one interesting one from a mac > user who said one MyBook works fine, but don't try to piggyback two of > them on the same (mac) system or it won't recognize either one of them. > > If I ever on gawd's green earth fall for (sorry, buy) a mac, I'll > remember that. > > Thanx Ben, > m > > > > ben > > > > > > On Dec 7, 2007 1:56 PM, dooger watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Kool. Just what I wanted to hear. > >> > > > >> 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> 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 > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > euglug@euglug.org > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
