WD adds FireWire 800 to MyBook Pro external drives

by Evan Blass, posted Jun 6th 2006 at 3:19PM

So if you were interested in one of those decorative MyBook hard drives from Western Digital, but the spouse/kids felt that its FireWire 400 port just wasn't fast enough for their data transferring needs, now the whole family may be able to agree on these drives-in-disguise thanks to a key spec bump in the Professional series. Both the 500GB and 200GB Pro models now come with a FireWire 800 connection -- giving you maximum transfer speeds of 800Mbps -- along with the previous FireWire and USB 2.0 jacks, which offer pokier 400Mbps and 480Mbps, respectively. Shipping now, these models will set you back $350 or $220, depending on capacity.

[Via Reg Hardware]

Filed under: Peripherals, Storage

Tags: 250gb, 500gb, decorative drives, DecorativeDrives, external drives, ExternalDrives, firewire 400, firewire 800, Firewire400, Firewire800, hard drives, HardDrives, hdd, mybook, professional series, ProfessionalSeries, usb 2.0, Usb2.0, wd, western digital, WesternDigital

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Philip @ Jul 25th 2006 9:27AM

I was wondering; is this MyBook Pro 500GB version fanless?

If so, I'll buy one instantly......

Kind Regards,

Philip

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mrtotes @ Sep 4th 2006 8:16AM

http://reviews.cnet.com/Western_Digital_MyBook_Premium_Edition_500GB_External_Hard_Drive/4505-3186_7-31793438.html

The cnet review says 'no active cooling only passive cooling' which I take to mean no fan.

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