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You and your family have a lot of media files; digital photo albums, thousands of MP3s, and hundreds of video clips are stored on your many hard drives. What if there was a way you could store them all in one place and share them with everyone in the f...
Easy installation relative to other servers in this review; no-nonsense iTunes server; MioNet backup software is easy to use...
Not Time Machine compatible; lacks more advanced features that other media servers have; no Bit-torrent features. Min specs: Windows XP/Vista, Mac OS X Tiger or Leopard. Data transfer rate: 1 0/100/1000 Mb/sec compatible Ethernet, 1 Operating temperature:...
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The latest NAS drive from Western Digital, the My Book World Edition 1TB, uses the ranges familiar chassis, but in white plastic instead of metallic grey. It sports just two ports: Gigabit Ethernet and USB for overflow drives or for adding already-ful...
USB for adding more drives, Good networking, Decent capacity...
No printer sharing, Pointless software...
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The My Book World Edition is Western Digitals latest single drive Nas, and comes in capacities of 1TB and 2TB. It has the ubiquitous My Book capacity gauge along its spine and features a USB 2 port next to the Gigabit Ethernet socket on the rear. The...
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Product Code: WDH1NC10000E The 1TB Western Digital My Book World Edition is a handsomely styled, well-ventilated single-drive NAS box that streams normal and high-resolution media flawlessly. It also proved easy to configure via browser, with attrac...
The WD My Book World Edition is a smart and house-friendly solution for storing files on your local network. With the added software and services, it also provides valuable remote access and automatic backup capabilities, even if the remote aspect cou...
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Western Digital has revamped its My Book World NAS device, aiming it at households that need to backup files on multiple machines. Thatll be all of us then. Everybody is talking the backup talk now, but nobody – aside from Microsoft with its expensive...
Competitively priced Nice and quiet Good media compatibility...
Fairly bland design No BitTorrent client...
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We've long been encouraging people to invest in Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices. They let you store all your commonly used files, like music, videos, pictures, and maybe even spreadsheets and word processor documents, in a centralised location that...
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Western Digital maintains that the stylised hardback design of its My Book external hard drives has proved really popular with the punters. But while its extended the range to take in not just local storage but also network-connected drives, the latte...
BitTorrent aside, the My Book World Edition supports all the media streaming protocols all but the most geeky of NAS geeks could want - and pretty much every tech-savvy consumer too. It offers plenty of storage capacity at a low cost - and in a snazzy...
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computeractive.co.uk Updated: 2011-08-31 04:34:51
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Network hard disks, of which the new Western Digital My Book World is one, sit on a home network and allow users to copy files to and from their computers or from other devices.For instance, you could use one to backup your files automatically every so...
Looks good; decent transfer speed; very easy to connect...
2TB version is not cheap...
Not the cheapest network hard disk, but it's easy to use...
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Like a well-behaved child, Western Digitals latest My Book World Edition is made to be seen and not heard: its impressively quiet, and its glossy white case looks sleek. As with six of the other NAS devices here, you can copy files to and from th...
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Gear ReviewsWestern Digital My Book World Edition 1TB Network Hard Drive By BerwynComputer kit08 May 2008 11:12An Interesting bit of kit I bought recently was the Western Digital My Book World Edition 1TB Network Hard Drive. I wanted a network drive to...
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Zdnet.com.au Updated: 2011-11-06 07:16:19
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If youre a novice user looking for a plug-and-play network storage device, the AU$399 (for the 1TB version, AU$699 for 2TB) Western Digital My Book World Edition is a sound buy. It has much improved performance over Western Digitals last edition and...
Easy to use as shared storage, Very fast performance, Great design, Affordable...
No RAID support, Hard drive is not user serviceable, Lack of common features found in many NAS servers, Plugandplay features only works with Windows Vista or Mac OS X, MioNet remote access service is useless...
The Western Digital My Book World Edition is a fast, simple to use, plug and play NAS server that unfortunately lacks many features and has sub-par remote access performance.
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Western Digitals MyBook World Edition network-attached storage (NAS) device is a great option for storing and streaming high-definition media around your home. However its performance takes a hit when transferring a lot of small files and a premium remote access account costs extra. Though it looks similar, there are quite a few differences with the earlier Western Digital MyBook World Edition II. The Western Digital MyBook World Edition has a glossy white case and shares the same rounded book...
Great HD playback capability, passively cooled, good media and server functionality, MioNet remote access...
Small files have slower transfer speeds, no integrated print server, can’t easily replace or upgrade hard drive...
The Western Digital MyBook World Edition is an easy to use, media-centric NAS device with the ability to play high-definition content without fault. Its server capabilities aren’t comprehensive, however...
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ozhardware.com.au Updated: 2011-11-06 07:16:33
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This latest in the long line of ‘My Book’ external hard drives from Western Digital takes a different approach, giving you a full NAS solution by means of a Gigabit Ethernet connection and the ability to access it from anywhere in the world. W...
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