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Simplified set up and best-in-class performance make My Bookq World Edition Home Network Storage the easy choice for centralizing data and backing up your home computers. Connect the drive to your network router and you¿re up and running in minutes. Use the included back up software to protect your family¿s PCs with automatic and continuous backup plans. Store all your digital media in one central location so everyone in the family can have access to it. Compatible with both Mac and Windows files.
WD 1 TB NAS DriveReviewed by M. Desai, 2010-03-14
Hello all,
Well, I got this drive for it to be compatible with my PS3 and
anything else that I d/l from the internet. Sure enough, the NAS
drive works just fine with .avi files streaming through PS3,
wirelessly. But I have noticed that if you are downloading
something off the internet and streaming a movie at the same time
from the NAS drive, it does slow down and the video, if you are
watching a movie, stutters. Off the face of it it looks like a
bandwidth issues, which would make sense. I am sure it work well
with those new N-bandwidth routers since they have much broader
bandwidth than B/G routers.
All in all though, I have been using this NAS drive since middle of
Jan,2010 and I have to say that I am satisfied with it right
now.
Positives - Big space, good performance overall (has proved
reliable till now). The media server that comes bundled with the
software is very flexible and does its work.
Negatives - Sometimes the drive itself is slow to respond (perhaps
due to lack of network bandwidth). Like all Made in China products
these days, the construction of the drive could be a little better
(this would not be a negative for everyone though). Also would have
helped if it was expandable.
Not Bad For The MoneyReviewed by Mark Kreitzer, 2010-02-27
This is the first network drive I have ever purchased but my 3rd
Western Digital Drive. I have been very happy with my previous WD
drives so they were the first company I went to when I decided to
buy a network drive. It was very easy to set up and I had it done
within minutes. The itunes server works great and I have had no
problems whatsoever with streaming music of videos. It is quiet,
keeps cool, and is very attractive on my desk!
I highly recommend this product to anyone who would like an intro
level network drive with a great deal of reliable storage space.
Great value for the amount of storage you get!Reviewed by K. Eckert, 2010-02-27
This is a pretty nice product for the price. There are more
expensive NAS servers out there that have more features; I
currently also own a QNap Nas that has dual drives that are hot
swappable, but that costs quite a bit more, and I wouldn't
recommend it for a normal person. The World Book is actually really
easy to set up, basically just plug in to the network and run the
software on the disk that they provide. This will set up the basics
for storage. There is also software on the disk that will
automatically back up data that changes on other computers directly
to the NAS.
This world book also has a media server on it, which I have found
to be really nice for viewing pictures and listening to music on my
PS3 which is in a different room of the house. The picture
navigation isn't the fastest thing, but it isn't too bad if the
folders are small. Music playback is also very nice, I have all of
my music as variable rate MP3s, and i have had no problems playing
any of them.
Other than that the size of the storage is pretty good for the
price.
"DON'T Put Your LIfe On It"Reviewed by S. Rupp, 2010-02-18
Before purchasing this product, I read the reviews. I was pretty
excited when I got it because it looks pretty cool, quiet, and I
won't have to turn on my pc to share my media files with other PCs
at home. I'm computer literate guy and a web developer
professionally. But making this drive to work was frustrating.
Followed instructions to make sure I'm not missing anything. I was
able to see the drive via my network but the WD software could not
see it. I was able to go the admin section, updated the firmware,
changed my password and was able to map the a drive to point to
this external public shared folders. So far so good...then I copied
some music and photos...about 1 gb worth to test the speed and
reliability. That's when all hell broke loose. It took
f-o-r-e-v-e-r to copy the files and it finally froze. Restarted the
PC and saw some files I copied but clicking on any files rendered
my windows explorer useless as it just froze. I copied 2 small
photo files to test again...successful. Clicked on those files and
froze again. Turned off my firewall just to make sure it's not the
root cause but result was the same. I could not read or delete any
of the files but copy files into the drive.
Finally, after spending hours trying to make it work, I called
support. Talked to semi-educated support who says it MUST be mapped
to drive Y...it happens to be that I'm already using it. Told him
that drive mapping doesn't work that way. I mapped it to drive W
instead. Troubleshooted the issue with support and no progress. I
was then escalated to the next support level. Tried a few things
with no success. Support finally says it's the firmware and return
it to the store I got it from. Considering I got the latest
firmware version, it must be pretty bad.
Here's my pros and cons...and bottom line.
Pros:
Small, nice looking, quiet. Concept is good.
Cons:
problem with firmware or drive. A lot of reviews I've read says
it's pretty slow...I wouldn't know as I never got the opportunity
to make it fully work.
Bottom Line:
I wouldn't take their tag line "Put your life on it" seriously
unless you don't mind loosing your "life's" data. I don't recommend
buying this product. But for whatever reason, the external drives
just don't have a lot of overall very good reviews compared to the
internal counterpars. I'm returning it and probably won't buy
another one.
Great Alternative to Time CapsuleReviewed by Tim, 2010-02-18
I Bought this for use with time machine on my mac. I initially
wanted to get a time capsule but read some poor reviews on
overheating issues and decided to search around for alternatives. I
read a few reviews for this hard drive that said it wasn't
compatible with time machine, but it works perfectly fine.
Setup wasn't too difficult, although it did take me a little while
to figure out that I had to log in to a certain user on the device
to make my time machine work. The user guide included on the cd
does a pretty good job explaining everything to do and includes
pictures to make sure you're doing the right thing. Once I set up
everything perfectly, my time machine recognized the drive and
backing up started by itself.
It's very slow compared to a wired hard drive, but that's to be
expected. Wireless transmissions simply aren't fast and it takes a
long time to transfer files, so if you purchase this just realize
it might take a few days of continuous backing up for all your
files to be saved. Once your initial back-up is complete, it won't
take long to back up anything else in time machine because it
automatically backs up any changes you made every hour. This makes
the slow transfer speed nearly unnoticeable unless you make a big
change.
It's important to note that this is not a time capsule and you must
plug this into a wireless router for it to work like this.
Pros:
- works perfectly once set up
- automatic wireless backups with time machine
- wireless media streaming to xbox or similar devices (haven't
messed with that yet)
- more reliable than a time capsule
Cons:
- slow initial backup, probably comparable to time capsule
- initial set-up for time machine may need a little trial and
error
I'm giving this 5 stars because I couldn't find anything better and
it saved me $150 by not getting a time capsule.
