<p>i’ve just seen a 500gb western digital hard disk on amazon for $97, what do you guys think about it? i’ve read somewhere that particular model often crashes and dies, but it seems nice too. any thoughts?
the model is here: [Amazon.com:</a> Western Digital 500 GB My Book Essential 2.0 - USB 2.0 External Hard Drive WDH1U5000N: Electronics](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000XRK3LG/ref=ord_cart_shr?_encoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000XRK3LG/ref=ord_cart_shr?_encoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance)</p>
<p>I generally like Western Digital’s disk products and bought one recently. Big, fast and quiet. I’ve seen some comments about the MyBook enclosure suggesting that it’s kind of cheap. So I like the disks but not the enclosures.</p>
<p>My dad has a 320GB one and it works fine. No problems with it yet, and he liked the option of firewire or usb. It also supports eSATA, which is much faster than both, but that one is not as commonly used yet.</p>
<p>I’ve had my 160 GB for 2-3 years now. Never had a problem.</p>
<p>i have three. one 500gb, and two 750gb. they all work great. no problems. and they stack together nice.</p>
<p>never used western digital, but stay FAR AWAY from seagate products. My 250 gig hard drive crashed in THREE WEEKS!!</p>
<p>All hard drive companies will have some hard drives that fail quickly, one experience does not mean you should stay away from that company forever</p>
<p>that is true. but some companies also have a much better reputation when it comes to the quality in their products and service.</p>
<p>^^Well I’d rather not take my chances haha. You, on the other hand, go for it if you feel so urged. </p>
<p>Additionally, the product had bad ratings when I checked it out online (others complained of the same problem). My mistake for buying it anyway.</p>