Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

speakerwizard

macrumors 68000
Original poster
Aug 8, 2006
1,655
0
London
Hiya guys, i need an external HD for my imac, i want the mybook by western digital, well, mainly bacause its very imac like in looks lol, and its a good price, anyhow, ive looked about and some places say its firewire 400 and others say 800, I need a 500GB one, doe the firewire 800 only start at these higher sizes?, also, if you have one post your experiences with it, id love to know what its like, thanks guys
 

emotion

macrumors 68040
Mar 29, 2004
3,186
3
Manchester, UK
I'm looking into these at the moment. It depends on which one you go for and what size. There are three models, one is USB, the next up USB/FW400 and then at the top a triple interface

I think for the 500MB version then there is the option of usb2/fw400 and the triple interface. Dunno if that helps.
 

jalagl

macrumors 6502a
Jun 5, 2003
802
1
Costa Rica
They have three models:
  • MyBook Essential Edition = USB2
  • MyBook Premium Edition = USB2/FW400
  • MyBook Pro Edition = USB2/FW400/FW800
The Pro edition is white, the other ones are black.
 

timmillwood

macrumors 6502a
Apr 7, 2006
955
1
The pro is silver comes in 250gb and 500gb it has firewire 800, firewire 400 and USB 2.0

I have just ordered one from Komplett.co.uk for about £111 including 3-4 day postage
 

bearbo

macrumors 68000
Jul 20, 2006
1,858
0
They have three models:
  • MyBook Essential Edition = USB2
  • MyBook Premium Edition = USB2/FW400
  • MyBook Pro Edition = USB2/FW400/FW800
The Pro edition is white, the other ones are black.

there is black pro edition, but it's more expensive for some reason
 

TyPod

macrumors 68000
Nov 2, 2006
1,745
18
Minneapolis, MN
I saw in the Office Depot flyer they had the MyBook 160GB essential edition on sale for $49.99...i think that's a good deal...not sure though.
 
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.