Wednesday, March 24, 2004
Western Digital Media Center
Posted by Suhit Gupta in "ARTICLE" @ 06:00 PM
Appropo of our discussion earlier about an external hard drive, Hardwarezone has reviewed the Western Digital Media Center.
"Western Digital's latest Media Center external drive combines the best of their desktop storage solution with features supporting all the various solid-state media devices. Built specifically for both the corporate or home user who needs a portable backup device in addition to doubling its support for various card standards... Housed in a sturdy plastic case with a metallic look and feel, the Media Center is equipped with Western Digital's latest 250GB 7,200RPM hard disk drive. From the model number displayed when the Media Center is plugged into the test system, it's actually based on the drive with the Ultra ATA-100 interface (WD2500JB)."
This device supports slots for Compact Flash Type I & II, IBM MicroDrive, SmartMedia, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, MultiMedia Card (MMC) and SD Card, and given that it supports USB 2 and has a 250GB 7200rpm drive, the WDMC seems quite versatile. The only complaint seems to be that the feet to hold this unit upright seem to negatively affect portability.
"Western Digital's latest Media Center external drive combines the best of their desktop storage solution with features supporting all the various solid-state media devices. Built specifically for both the corporate or home user who needs a portable backup device in addition to doubling its support for various card standards... Housed in a sturdy plastic case with a metallic look and feel, the Media Center is equipped with Western Digital's latest 250GB 7,200RPM hard disk drive. From the model number displayed when the Media Center is plugged into the test system, it's actually based on the drive with the Ultra ATA-100 interface (WD2500JB)."
This device supports slots for Compact Flash Type I & II, IBM MicroDrive, SmartMedia, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, MultiMedia Card (MMC) and SD Card, and given that it supports USB 2 and has a 250GB 7200rpm drive, the WDMC seems quite versatile. The only complaint seems to be that the feet to hold this unit upright seem to negatively affect portability.
