The drive has a rotation speed of 7200 RPM. The version I got, the Triple Interface, features USB, Firewire, and eSATA connectivity. I use Firewire for its speed and to keep my USB hub less tangled.

While multiple capacities are available, I opted for the 1TB version, and partitioned it so 250GB would be used for Time Machine backups and the rest would be free, open storage.

It is ” hot-swappable” and, more or less, plug-and-play. Though you will have to format it for whatever particular system you’re using.

The software the hard drive comes with will probably be useless to you. In fact, the useless Western Digital software icon still clutters up my menu bar, seemingly completely unable to be uninstalled.

Even still, the Western Digital My Book Home Edition External Hard Drive (1TB, Triple Interface) works wonderfully, certainly helps to ease my mind, and didn’t put the dent in my wallet that other comparable drives could have.