WESTERN DIGITAL MY BOOK
With a wealth of storage options, there’s a My Book to suit all budgets
The my book from western digital has become an essential part of the company’s range of storage options, and is targeted at the more general user. its design
was originally inspired by the shape of a hardback novel, hence the name, but newer models have shifted away from this aesthetic. the two-tone finish looks pretty slick, though the plastic finish does hint at its budget-friendly price compared to the models from g-technology and lacie.
Getting going with the my book couldn’t be easier – simply plug in the power lead and hook up the usb 3.0 cable to the computer. the drive automatically powers on, as it foregos an on/off switch, while
The drive has been formatted to exfat so it’ll happily speak to both windows and mac machines straight away. simplicity is the name of the game here. added to this is wd’s discovery suite software (for both platforms) that’s ready to install. this means you have the option to connect to your facebook, dropbox, google drive and other social media accounts and cloud storage services to import your photos, videos and other files.
Its performance isn’t going to set the world on fire. like the seagate backup
Plus hub, the my book features a slower 5,400rpm 3.5-inch drive compared to the pricier g-drive and d2 professional. to that end you can expect respectable transfer speeds of up to 180mb/s, which is a touch quicker than the backup plus hub. this kind of performance shouldn’t be a problem in most cases, but if you regularly have large chunks of data to move about, you’ll spend noticeably more time waiting for files to be copied across than the faster drives here.