Testseek.co.uk have collected 57 expert reviews of the Western Digital My Book Studio 2 USB2/FireWire WDH2Q and the average rating is 79%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Western Digital My Book Studio 2 USB2/FireWire WDH2Q.
February 2009
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The editors liked
Sleek design
Lots of storage space
5-year limited warranty
Fast performance
Capacity meter
Low power consumption.
Good value
Easy to set up
Huge capacity
Great desktop looks
Stunningly huge capacity
Geared for Macs
Fast
Huge capacity for backups and storing media files
Great connection options
Great capacity
Good performance
Competitive price and good Mac software
The editors didn't like
Unimpressive write speeds
No FireWire 400 port
Western Digital utility must be installed before RAID configuration can be changed.
ESATA currently holds limited appeal
Clunky bundled data back-up software
No USB 3.0 interface
Large and heavy
No USB 3.0 interface (or Thunderbolt for Mac users).
The WD My Book Studio II benefits from this upgrade to the largest commercially available hard disks, offering around 6TB when the internal drives are striped together. If you value data integrity over capacity and slightly faster write speeds, you’d b...
Sleek design; Lots of storage space; 5-year limited warranty
Unimpressive write speeds
Though its write performance is less than stellar, the My Book Studio Edition II provides copious amounts of storage space, a sleek look, and plenty of connection options. Western Digital also includes a limited 5-year warranty. If you need to store 722 h...
Huge capacity for backups and storing media files,
No USB 3.0 interface (or Thunderbolt for Mac users).
The latest addition to WD's My Book Studio Edition II range offers huge amounts of external storage, but the lack of forward thinking by not having at least a USB 3.0 interface for Windows users is disappointing....
Abstract: We've already looked at Western Digital's portable My Passport Studio, which featured an e-paper display. The company has also added this feature to its Studio range of desktop drives, which come in 1TB and 2TB capacities. Your first instinct might be ...
Abstract: Western Digital bills its My Book Studio II 4TB as the worlds first 4TB external hard drive, but you can bet other manufacturers wont be far behind. Being first isnt the only thing this storage drive has going for it, though....
Abstract: Western Digitals latest My Book external hard disk consists of two 1TB disks. In RAID 0 mode, the two disks capacities are combined to give a whopping 2TB of storage, but if one disk fails then youll lose all your data. In RAID 1 mode, the conten...
