WD 4TB My Book Review
WD has refreshed several of their popular portable and external storage solutions, including the My Passport, My Passport for Mac, and the My Book, the latter which we will be looking at for this review. The newly designed external storage solutions feature a new modern, sleek-looking build that is noticeably smaller than the previous model as well as a generous 8TB in maximum capacity.
The company’s automatic backup solution, WD Backup, is also included. We’ve touched on this software in many of our WD reviews, indicating that it allows users easily manage all their content via a clean, user-friendly process. More specifically, the handy backup automatically protects all of your files on your computer with on-premise backups to a WD drive as primary storage. Off-premise backups are sent to the cloud, which is useful for increased protection and disaster recovery. You can also further protect your files using the included password protection and hardware encryption.
WD My Book Specifications
- Capacities: 3TB, 4TB, 6TB, 8TB
- Interface: USB 3.0
- Dimensions:
- Weight:
- Warranty: 3 years
Design and build
The
new WD My Book is both smaller and uses very different design than the
older model, as it now sports angled corners compared to the rounded
front panel used before. In other terms, it looks a lot less like an
actual book now; however, it still uses a 3.5" HDD.
Conclusion
Overall,
WD’s new My Book is a solid choice for the general consumer looking for
a solution to back up a large amount of data, such images of their
entire computer and large media files, leveraging a relatively large
storage pool of 4TB. Moreover, the WD Backup software gives users will a
seamless and easy way to manage and back up all their content to either
the WD drive as primary storage, or to the cloud off-premises. That
being said, all of this was possible in previous models of the My Book
Line, as nothing else has been upgraded besides the new modern looking,
more compact design. Though the more design-savvy consumers will
appreciate this.
Pros
- New modern, compact design
- Easy-to-use backup software
- Good performance for its intended application
Cons
- No component upgrades
Bottom Line
Though
only an upgrade in appearance and size, the new 4TB My Book offers
mainstream consumers with a very reliable way to back up their content
via a generous capacity point.
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