Western Digital's Mac Edition is indeed 'value-end'

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Mac Edition - with a single USB

Home Edition - replete with hubs

Mac Edition - on the shelf since early March

Rather than update the manuals on Mac HFS+ formatting for its existing models which come replete with Firewire, Sata and USB hubs, why did Western Digital spoon-feed Mac users with a Mac Edition and pitch it at the value-end of a so-called new series offering no hubs but a single USB connection.


As it is, the range of its external drives is diverse, if not confusing, and the recent entry joins its Windows-oriented Essential, Studio, Home, Office, Mirror and Passport.


My point is, the existing range can be Mac-oriented in minutes, besides the single USB value-end 1TB Mac Edition has less bang-for-buck than the mid-range 1TB Home which comes with two Firewire 400s, one Sata and one USB hub; and to rub it further, it costs less than its single USB Mac brother.


Most Mac users are aware of the risk in using a Windows platform for large amounts of data, therefore, all Western Digital had to do was come clean on this issue and update its manual on the formatting alternative for its existing range instead of blindsiding unsuspecting Mac users into paying more for a new series.


Cheers, Tommy


Comments

  1. UnknownApril 2, 2009 at 10:44 AM

    Dear Bro Tom Peters,

    Your blog is more like an encyclopaedia. Interesting man. Well done and keep up the great work! David

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  2. Tommy PetersApril 2, 2009 at 4:11 PM

    David, your comment is encouraging. Such, keeps me in flux. Cheers, Tommy.

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