Western Digital My Book World Edition

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I guess the solar system edition is next.  Western Digital tries to improve on their popular My Book external hard drive line.  Did they do it?

Well, the answer to that, in a word, is yes.  The drive’s network setup alone is super easy.  And, with Mac’s and Vista, the drive shows instantly in the drive listings.  In Vista, you have to go to the Network folder and you will see the drive listed there with all the folders set up.

The integrated status light (reminds me of a cyclon) is a nice touch.  It shows you when the drive is working and also how much space is used.  Also, the included WD Anywhere backup software makes this drive a nice network backup solution.  Basically, this is a great background backup service that will backup all your important documents and media automatically.  No need to set stuff up.  If you accidentally delete, or you lose the file, just launch WD Anywhere and restore it.  It’s very simple and easy to use.  Also, if you are using a laptop away from home, WD Anywhere will cue any changes.  When you return home it will back them up and make the changes.  Very cool.

Another great thing about the new Western Digital MyBook World Edition is the media integration.  Once your drive is on the network, it’s easy to play any stored media over an Xbox360 or Play Station 3 to your TV.  Of course, that can be in 1080p resolution.  It also includes an iTunes server so that you can listen to your tunes anywhere.  Very simple and slick.  They seem to be getting the whole media integration idea.

The last cool thing about this drive is the internet integration and mobility.  It includes (I’m not sure if you have to pay for a Mionet account!) integration with Mionet, which is a remote drive web service.  This allows you to connect your drive to the service.  Then you can access your drive through the web anywhere.

In all, I think this is going to be a wildly popular drive.  It includes all the features that I personally would love to see in an external drive.  I am going to try to get my hands on one soon.  Will retail for around $230 for the 1TB model and $450 for the 2TB model.

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