Western Digital My Book Thunderbolt Duo WDBUP / WDBUT

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 15 expert reviews

Excellent:

0
Good:

4
Average:

5
Bad:

6

Pros:

Great configuration options.
Solution benefits from Thunderbolt throughput.
Over 250MB/s write from a single Duo.

Cons:

Thunderbolt solutions carry a price premium.
No USB 2.0 compatibility interface (only interfaces through Thunderbolt).

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Last revision on March 25, 2014

Reviewers Liked

Great configuration options
Solution benefits from Thunderbolt throughput
Over 250MB/s write from a single Duo
Two Thunderbolt ports
RAID 0, 1, and JBOD support
User-replaceable drive mecahisms
Attractive design
Huge storage
Runs quiet
Great alternative to USB- or FireWire-based external drives
Affordable

Reviewers Didn't Like

Thunderbolt solutions carry a price premium
No USB 2.0 compatibility interface (only interfaces through Thunderbolt)
Isn't the most consistent performer
Does not include a Thunderbolt cable

Expert reviews and ratings

The Western Digital My Book Thunderbolt Duo is one of the largest capacity external drives for Mac...

By itreviews.com on November 21, 2012

Thunderbolt is fascinating from a technological perspective but faces several uphill challenges to widespread adoption, ones that are highlighted by WD's first drive to use the connection technology. The first is price - not only does the native...

By bit.com.au on August 20, 2012

Essentially what we have here is an external drive which allows you to seamlessly work on your Mac with heavy workloads and use the My Book Thunderbolt Duo as a backup device and a primary drive to work on without any lag or slowdown in work. So we...

By tbreak.ae on July 31, 2012

It doesn’t have the premium build quality of the counterpart Thunderbolt RAID drive from WD’s newly acquired sub-brand Hitachi, and its eco drives make it a touch slower, but it runs quieter and costs around £100 less for the same capacity.

By PCAdvisor on July 26, 2012

It's very fast, and if you edit large media files then Thunderbolt storage must be on your shopping list, given that it leaves the CPU unflustered. Yet in more typical real-world scenarios – with smaller individual files sizes – it's fair to say that...

By theregister.co.uk on June 26, 2012

The My Book Thunderbolt Duo is Western Digital's first desktop drive to use an ultra-fast Thunderbolt interface. In fact, it has two such ports, so the drive and an external display can be connected to a Mac with just one by daisy-chaining the display...

By TechRadar on May 21, 2012

By TechRadar AU on May 21, 2012

Fast when writing small files, but large file performance is disappointing - still the quickest Mac external storage we've seen...

By Expert Reviews on May 05, 2012

The My Book Thunderbolt Duo isn’t the most consistent performer, but its flexibility (two Thunderbolt ports; RAID 0, 1 and JBOD support; user-replaceable drive mechanisms) make it an attractive option for users with Thunderbolt-enabled Macs. Related...

By Macworld Australia on April 27, 2012

Thunderbolt devices promise much with theoretical bandwidth on offer. Western Digital’s MyBook Thunderbolt Duo offers a pair of these ports alongside 4TB of space. However, the use of Caviar Green hard disks, the restriction to selected Apple machines...

By IT PRO on April 26, 2012

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