Right away it's clear to see where the name of the product comes from - it looks like a book! The front of the My Book has two clear rings. The inner ring is lit with a blue LED to show the remaining free space on the drive.

THIS IS ONE BAD ASS STORAGE DEVICE!!!

This Western Digital External Hard Drive is of the MyBook2 Essential Brand, with a total storage capacity of five hundred gigabytes. Capacity Five hundred gigabytes is enough. In fact, it's considerably more than enough for a majority of people.

Capacity; Design; Ease of Use; Transfer Speed

Poor reliability as it will occasionally fail to connect

Western Digital sends us a large chunk of storage meat to evaluate. A 4x 750GB platter based Western Digital MyBook Essential 3TB with USB 3.0 and 3 years of warranty in India.

Why is this external hard drive different from all other external hard drives?

This hard drive was an excellent price. It is working well, and is simple to use. I have not tried to use any of the special features, as I'm just using it as a backup drive for now.

Coming in the now familiar ‘book' aesthetic common to Western Digital's desktop drives this 3TB monster among the most affordable of the 3TB drives on the market with a street price of around $239.

The My Book VelociRaptor Duo is one of the best storage devices thanks to its balanced combination of excellent performance, practical design, and relatively friendly pricing.

The WD My Book VelociRaptor Duo offers stellar performance; includes a Thunderbolt cable; and is easy to service

The My Book VelociRaptor Duo doesn't offer any other connection types and is relatively pricey

First time using a WD hard drive, currently doing brilliantly. Price is very good on Play-Asia.

Western Digital's My Book series has been around for some generations now, catering to users who want huge capacity but are not necessarily looking at portable drives. With the My Book 4TB drive WD offers a desktop drive with the maximum capacity available on a single drive.