The Western Digital My Book Essential Edition external hard disk drive is the entry level model in Western Digital’s My Book range. The My Book Essential is an excellent platform for storage of data files, music, photos and video. Looking like a book when standing upright on a desk, the drive has a comparatively small footprint (they can be stacked on their side also).

The Western Digital My Book Essential Edition comes in 5 capacities which should cover the needs of most users;

• 160GB WDG1U1600N,
• 320GB WDG1U3200N,
• 500GB WDG1U5000N,
• 750GB WDG1U7500N and
• 1 TB WDH1U10000.

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Iomega’s Desktop external hard drive has a good range of sizes from 500GB through to a sizable 1.5TB. It has a slim form factor with dimensions of 8.75 x 4.75 x 1.375 inches. It comes with the latest USB 2.0 connector and is plug and play for hot swapping. In fact it comes pre-formatted for getting underway quickly.

With a 7200 RPM hard drive the Iomega Desktop HDD has a data transfer rate some 33 percent higher than a 5400 model. Western Digital have produced a detailed report on the benefits of a 7200 RPM HDD. Greater storage capacity or more frequent accesses make the higher speed more attractive.
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