WD My Book World Edition 500 GB - Test

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The My Book's shape and design are familiar and resemble other models in the same series, although the manufacturer has chosen white as the predominant colour this time, combined with a blue light around the on/off button, right in the middle of the book shaped device's back. In all it is a distinctive design that sets the My Book apart from most other NAS devices, which usually betray their Asian origins through their design.

It's a design that will appeal to many normal consumers, and that seems the group Western Digital has mostly in mind in the development of this product. It doesn't have dozens of setup options, no clever tricks to appeal to the power user, it's simply a product that does what it has been designed for: share files even outside your own network. Software by MioNet is used to get that done in a user friendly fashion. For example, you do not have to worry about your router settings, MioNet takes care of that.