Testseek.com have collected 81 expert reviews of the Western Digital My Book Live WDBACG and the average rating is 80%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Western Digital My Book Live WDBACG.
January 2011
(80%)
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The editors liked
Virtually silent
Low Power consumption
Improved performance
Great performance
Capacious single-drive model
The Western Digital My Book Live NAS server is easy to use
Fast
And affordable. It also comes with mobile applications to share photos on the go
Easy to use
Affordable
Smartphone and tablet support
The editors didn't like
Doesn't provide 100 MB/s reads
No USB ports
No NAS backup features
No USB or FireWire ports
Remote access app only supports JPEG files
No dual-drive redundancy
No USB port
The WD My Book Live's hard drive can't be serviced by users
And there's no USB port to add more storage. The device lacks common features found in many NAS servers
And its MioNet remote access solution is nearly useless
Abstract: Cloud storage has become increasingly popular, both for individuals and companies, as a place to stash everything from tax records to family photos. Services such as Dropbox, Box, SugarSync or Google Drive offer the chance to easily store your data and...
Abstract: The biggest buzz word in technology over the past year or two has been "cloud services" with a number of companies, including Apple, Microsoft and Google, all announcing options that allow us to store files onto a virtual drive that is available whenev...
Easy to use, affordable, smartphone and tablet support
JPEGs only with apps
In use, the drive works very well - at home, it easily mounts onto your computer and you can use it like any other hard drive, with pretty fast read and write times of data, while away from home, it's easy to connect and access data.
Abstract: Western Digital is a brand known for setting standards in terms of external storage drives. From MyBook, over Elements, right to the Passport series, this manufacturer’s external disks have been much appreciated globally. A few years ago, WD boldly ste...
For those of you who may be new to the concept of network attached storage or have a modest collection of media that you wish to make available to a host of network-enabled devices, the My Book Live is a great way to get one's feet wet. It's limited by it...
The Western Digital My Book Live fits the market segment for buyers who want network accessible media, but don't want to go through the hassle of setting up an entire NAS. Even though it doesn't offer internal RAID, the My Book Live still allows users...
The unit is fanless (lots of ventilation slots all around the unit). Except for the occasional hard drive noise, the unit is quiet. When idle, the My Book Live consumed 8W. Upon entering the sleep mode, it dropped down to 4.2W. During periods of heavy net...
No USB or FireWire ports, Remote access app only supports JPEG files
The My Book Live is an incredibly easy to use network-attached storage device. If you’ve got a fast Internet connection or Ethernet hook-up, the My Book Live is an inexpensive and attractive choice for anyone who doesn’t want to deal with the office-g...
This Western Digital drive makes it easy to test the NAS waters, offering gobs of storage, great performance, and Internet access for not much cash. ...
