Western Digital WDH1Q5000N 500GB My Book Studio Edition External Hard Drive

Add more Storage to your Macintosh and boost your creative edge. Western Digital WDH1Q5000N 500GB My Book Studio Edition is an external Hard-Drive that has Quad compatibility for eSATA - USB 2.0 - FireWire 400 - Firewire 800 ports.
Speed is what you need when for Video editing, big design projects, or managing photo shoots and that’s what this drive delivers with FireWire 800 and eSATA connectivity. With automatic backup capability your creative masterpieces will be backed up the minute you save them. Installation is a snap because you don't really install this drive, you just plug it in and it's ready to use. There is no CD to install; the included Software loads from the drive the first time you plug it in. Back up important projects to multiple destinations including files servers, portable drives and My Book. Synchronize project files to keep them current and secure. Set it and forget it; every time you save a change it's automatically backed up.

Package contents - External hard drive, USB cable, FireWire 800 cable, FireWire 800 to 400 cable, AC adapter, Quick Install Guide

500GB Storage Capacity

Formatted for Macintosh - Set up with HFS+ Journaled formatting for complete Macintosh compatibility. Software included requires Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later. Can easily be reformatted for Windows 2000/XP/Vista

Fits right in - Takes no more space than a paperback book. Collect two or more and they nest neatly together like volumes on a shelf

Capacity gauge - See at a glance how much space is available on your drive. (Works with the USB and FireWire connection only)

Environmentally friendly - designed to save power by going into standby mode after 10 minutes of inactivity. When you’re ready to use it, My Book wakes up automatically

SmartPower features - This drive turns itself on and off with your Computer and Safe Shutdown prevents the drive from being powered down until all your Data has been written. (Works with the USB and FireWire connections only)

Serial transfer Rate (up to) - eSATA 3 Gb/s - FireWire 800: 800 Mbits/s - FireWire 400: 400 Mbits/s - USB 2.0: 480 Mbits/s

Heat reduction design

Unit Dimensions - Height: 6.5" (166 mm) x Length: 5.4" (137 mm) x - Width: 2.1" (54 mm); Weight: 2.60 lbs (1.17 kg)

WD 5-Year Limited Warranty