Western Digital has bumped up its popular ‘My Book series’ of External hard disk drives to a whopping 2 Terabytes (2TB).
Available under the My Book Studio and My Book Studio II Editions, the 2TB External HDD drives can hold either of the following data
- 571,000 digital photos
- 500,000 songs (MP3)
- 50,000 uncompressed songs
- 150 hours of Digital Video (DV)
- 880 hours of DVD quality video
- 240 hours of High Definition video (HD)
Key features of the Western Digital My Book
- Ease of use – Just plug and play
- Automatic Backup
- Environment Friendly and consumes less power (goes into standby mode after 10 mins in idle)
- Connectivity via USB 2.0, FireWire 400 / 800, eSATA (3Gbps) ports
- Compatible with Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later
- Compatible with Windows XP / Vista / 2000 (needs to be re-formatted)
The My Book Studio 2TB is priced at around 225$, while the Studio II is available for 275$ on Amazon.


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