Western Digital is now shipping its My Book Pro Edition ($350), a 500GB external hard disk that works with Macs and PCs and has a triple play of interfaces including FireWire 800, FireWire 400 and USB 2.0. Besides adding that lickety-split FireWire 800 connectivity, it’s a 7200 RPM drive, just like its 500GB brandmates released three months ago, the My Book Essential Edition ($300, USB 2.0), and the My Book Premium ($330, FireWire 400 and USB 2.0).
https://gizmodo.com/western-digital-intros-bookish-external-hard-disks-160730
One distinguishing feature of all three of these drives is their capacity gauge, that backlit blue bullseye LED on the front that shows at a glance how much space you have left on the drive. Hey, that’s a great idea. And then there’s that nostalgic look of the drive itself designed by IDEO, and yes, that’s actually what books looked like, back in olden times.
Update: Reader Brad tells us that not all Western Digital MyBook drives have the external gauge for percentage filled. The MyBook Essential (green box) does NOT have it. The others do. Thanks, Brad!
Product page [Western Digital]
