Harddrive manufacturer Western Digital has expanded the capacity of its external harddrive family named My Book, and sure enough, it now includes models featuring 2TB of storage capacity. The My Book family relies on using a single harddrive to maintain a slim external storage solution and to achieve this, Western Digital used its latest 2TB harddrive flagship. The new 2TB harddrives appears in My Book Studio Edition, My Book Mac Edition, My Book Home Edition and My Book Essential Edition. Prices for the external harddrives are starting at around $327 (~2600 SEK).
Read the press release after the break;
WD’s My Book Family of External Hard Drives Now Deliver 2 Terabytes in a Slim, Single-Drive System
Largest Capacity Available in Single-drive External Hard Drives for Mac® and PC Users
Sydney, Australia – April 14, 2009 – WD®, the world’s leader in external storage solutions, today expanded its My Book® family of external hard drives to include a 2 TB capacity, the largest available capacity in a single-drive system. With its wide variety of models, WD offers a solution for every type of user, whether they’re a creative power user on a Mac® or a home user on a PC. The new 2 TB My Book family includes: My Book Studio Edition™, My Book Mac Edition, My Book Home Edition™ and My Book Essential Edition™ models.
Market research shows that consumer creation and acquisition of digital media is growing rapidly, driving demand for increasing storage capacities. According to market research firm IDC, the number of digital cameras and camera phones in the world surpassed 1 billion (Mar. 2008). Separately, market research firm GfK reports that HD (high definition) video camcorders are experiencing record growth and now account for 42 percent of total camcorder sales (Aug. 2008). HD video requires massive amounts of drive space: at least 8 GB per hour of video. Since 2006, when Apple® began offering movie downloads, the Apple store has already sold more than 250 million TV episodes and sold or rented more than 33 million movies (Apple, Mar. 2009).
“The popularity among consumers of high-definition video cameras, digital photography and digital music downloads means that users are filling up their computers with massive amounts of digital content as fast as they can click ‘save.’ As the volume and value of users digital content grows, backing up data on multiple CDs or DVDs becomes time consuming and inconvenient. At the same time, consumers are realizing the monetary and emotional value of content and need to back up their most important files. The My Book family, with its massive 2 TB capacity allows users to backup all their data in one easy step and keep it in one easily accessible place,” said Jim Welsh, senior vice president and general manager of WD’s branded products and consumer electronics groups.
My Book Studio Edition & My Book Mac Edition
Formatted for Mac computers, these drives are an ideal solution for creative professionals and video editors. The My Book Studio Edition is equipped with high speed FireWire® 400/800 and eSATA interfaces as well as the popular USB 2.0 interface and a 5-year limited warranty. My Book Mac Edition external drives feature a USB 2.0 interface and a 3-year limited warranty.
My Book Home Edition
Equipped with continuous backup software and high-speed eSATA and FireWire 400 as well as USB 2.0 interfaces, My Book Home Edition carries a 3-year limited warranty. My Book Home Edition is designed for PC users that need an effortless way to preserve digital pictures.
My Book Essential Edition
My Book Essential Edition offers an easy way to add storage capacity to home or office computers. The drives are equipped with a USB 2.0 interface that provides convenience and compatibility among multiple computers.
The entire family of My Book external hard drives features:
– New 2 TB capacities allowing users to store and backup all their data in one central location;
– Elegant, small footprint design;
– Capacity gauge to see at a glance how much capacity is available on the drive (not available on the My Book Essential Edition drive);
– Environmentally friendly design that saves power by going into standby mode after 10 minutes of inactivity;
– SmartPower™ features that turns the drive on and off with the computer and Safe Shutdown™ that prevents the drive from being powered down until all the data has been written ;
– Kensington® Security Slot that allows users to secure drive to their desk with the separate purchase of a Kensington lock kit
Product Summary
Manufacturer: Western Digital
Product Name and RRP for 2 TB :
My Book Home Edition – AU$699, NZ$899
My Book Essential Edition -AU$649, NZ$849
My Book Studio Edition – AU$749, NZ$999
My Book Mac Edition – AU$649, NZ$849
Website: http://www.westerndigital.com
Product link and Photos: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/index.asp?cat=5&language=en
Australian Distributors: Synnex Australia and Simms International
New Zealand Distributors: Ingram Micro NZ
Availability: All drives are available now at select retail stores and online retailers.
About WD
WD, one of the storage industry’s pioneers and long-time leaders, provides products and services for people and organizations that collect, manage and use digital information. The company produces reliable, high-performance hard drives that keep users’ data accessible and secure from loss. WD applies its storage expertise to consumer products for external, portable and shared storage applications.
WD was founded in 1970. The company’s storage products are marketed to leading systems manufacturers, selected resellers and retailers under the Western Digital® and WD brand names. Visit the Investor section of the company’s Web site (www.westerndigital.com) to access a variety of financial and investor information.
