[nycdunz]

Was planning on purchasing the 1TB model, but notice that the speed on it was 5400rpm, and the 500gb one is 7200rpm?

Anyone know why? I really want the 1TB and use it as a backup drive, but decided to wait when i saw the difference on drive speeds between the two models.

[mduell]

Because that's the only speed WD has! Seagate and Hitachi both have 7200RPM 1TB drives (and no 5400RPM drives) with twice as much cache.

Buy the Hitachi ($330) or Seagate ($335) and put it in a decent enclosure.

[Pao|o]

Can Tiger/Leopard boot off a WD My Book Studio Edition's FW400/800/eSATA? I'm planning to buy one due to it being cheaper than separate storage and enclosure.

[mduell]

You should be able to boot off a MyBook on FW/eSATA (assuming your eSATA card is bootable) for all Macs and also USB for Intel Macs.