Anyone using a WD My Book Studio LX with TM?

I've had my iMac for some time now and I am thinking about adding an external drive for regular backups (as we know, there are two kinds of people: those who back up their stuff regularly and those who will...)
My current HD size is 1TB and I am thinking about using an Western Digital My Book Studio LX 2TB - see here. Is anyone using this configuration? Any thoughts? Good or bad experience? Things that I should be aware of?
Thanks in advance for your answers.
L

Loerincz,
I use one of these for Time Machine and it works fine. I would advise you not to load the WD Smartware software that comes with it. You don't need their software unless you want to make use of special functions.
Regards,
Captfred

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It has eSata as an option. Speed seems good -
Just curious to see if anyone has any luck?
I had posted earlier about being sick of 3 daisy chained Lacie drives.
I need one big solution that i can back everything to and use as my capture scratch folder.
any insight appreciated
KB

It is a perfectly workable drive, but it was not built for the kind of repeated and sustained access that editing requires. I use them mainly for back up, and rarely editing. They have not been around long enough for me to say how long mine will last, but count on the fact that they are not enterprise drives.
They should be fine for one or two projects and then act as media storage for the project once completed; make sure you back up every day during the edit sessions, if not more often.
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Is anyone using a 1252 ap in bridge mode with channel bonding?

Is anyone using a 1252 ap in bridge mode, with channel bonding?
I had a question a while ago from a customer with regards to bridging with a 1252 ap to increase throughput for a wireless link he was using, from the throughput improvements in 802.11n. At the time I spoke to Cisco Pre-Sales, and they indicated that the bridge function in the 1252 exists for 'testing' purposes. I advised our customer that although it should be possible to implement, we may run into difficulties with TAC support ect. in the event of problems with the link.
Can anyone comment if this is a Cisco validated/approved design now?
Also, has anyone done this and tested the throughput achievable?
Has anyone bridged both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz radios on a 1252?
The reason I ask is I've seen a note about a Cisco 5Ghz 802.11n bridge being launched.
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Alex.

Hi All,
Thanks for all the feedback; I have finally done some throughput testing with the 1252's. Please note, this is very rough, just to give an idea on throughput that's achievable, and what you can enable. Did this a few weeks back, and have now wiped the cnf, so dont have the show runs any more....
The two devices were set up a few feet apart, with the standard 2dBi and 3dBi antenna.
All tests done on the 5GHz radio with Autonomous AP IOS.
I did data transfers via a laptop either end of the link; transferring data using the Test TCP utility (wasn't going for scientific tests, just getting some idea of throughput).
802.11a @ 54mbs (20Mhz chan) WGB - root to non root = 2.43 - 2.5MB/Sec = 19.44 - 20 Mbps
802.11a @ 54mbs (20Mhz chan) WGB non root to root = 2.42 - 2.44MB/Sec = 19.44 - 20 Mbps
802.11n @ 'n' rates( 20Mhz chan) WGB root to non root = 6.18 - 6.33MB/Sec = 49.44 - 50.64 Mbps
802.11n @ 'n' rates ( 20Mhz chan) WGB non root to root = 4.77 - 5.00MB/Sec = 38.16 - 40 Mbps
802.11n @ 'n' rates ( 40Mhz chan) WGB root to non root = 8.59 - 8.58MB/Sec = 68.64 - 68.64 Mbps
802.11n @ 'n' rates ( 40Mhz chan) WGB non root to root = 6.35 - 7.20MB/Sec = 50.8 - 57.6 Mbps
802.11n @ 'n' rates ( 40Mhz chan) Bridge root to non root = 9.73 - 10MB/Sec = 77.84 - 80 Mbps
802.11n @ 'n' rates ( 40Mhz chan) Bridge non root to root = 8.40 - 8.57MB/Sec = 67.2 - 68.56 Mbps
So basically, as per the above posts, you can implement bridging on the 1252's and utilise the 802.11n rates and features, SGI, Spatial Streams and Channel Bonding etc, to achieve higher throughput.
Also, as per the above posts, this is still not supported by Cisco, so, in my case, I'd be highlighting that to customers straight off, but don't see it as too much of an impediment to deploy, as long as the customer weighs up the risks.
On a side note, I attended a Cisco session recently, and was told that the 802.11n Bridge, (the 1430?) was on hold indefinitely. My feeling is that this makes it more pressing that Cisco introduces support for bridging on the 1252.
Get in the ear of your local Wireless SE's, the more they hear it, the more they'll moan to the Wireless BU in San Jose! ;-)
Bridging with 802.11n has some interesting possibilities, I worked with Alvarion 5GHz bridges 6 or 7 years ago, that could do 'near LOS' - Worked well in cities, using reflection of the RF from buildings. I had never heard of 802.11n back then, but I'm guessing Alvarion was using MIMO to achieve good non-LOS connectivity in the 5GHz band.
Cheers,
Alex.

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Has Anyone Used the WD My Book External Drives for Time Machine?

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Ashley

You may, and probably want to format them, even if not TM use, I would anyway. Not everyone is happy with MyBook Pro and TM.
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http://www.macsales.com/firewire and works well.
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http://www.warhogsaudioshop.com/ProductImages/Product%20Pictures/Sony%20Pro-Audi o/MDRV700DJ.jpg
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I'm also interested in whether anyone has used the new Canon LEGRIA HF S10, with the same question.
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Has anyone used the Nokia 2700 as a modem with the Macbook 10.6.7

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Has anyone used the macbook air superdrive connected to a macbook pro - with a source DVD,via usb as a destination drive for burning DVDs?
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Dual 1.8 G5 Mac OS X (10.4.3) 3 Gig ram,

yup
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I've got a imac c2d 2.16 2gb ram and it flies. haven't got close to making it sweat yet.
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dmitedly i am comparing it to my old powerbook - but really it flies and i'm occasionally aso running imovie in the background and surfing the web if the whim takes me.
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Anyone using Classroom in a Book, AS 3 for Flash CS4? ...lesson 11

I'm doing the tuts in this book, and have run into a problem. Lesson 11 deals with using AS3 and components to control video. Specifically, to create an XML video playlist that starts a new video upon completion of the previous one.
Well, I can't get it to work. It doesn't seem to be able to find the XML playlist or something. Even the file in the "completed" folder that comes with the book suffers the same problem.
This is pretty aggravating. Any help would be appreciated.
Graham

Lorin,
What I call an endpoint is just one of the anchorPoints at the end of an open path.
I'm not sure where you're having trouble, so do this simple exercise:
First, set your current fill to none, and your current stroke to black.
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2. Get the white pointer and deselect everything. (Just click somewhere in the white space of the page.)
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5. Object>Path>Join. A new segment connects the two selected anchorpoints, and what were two paths are now one path with three segments.
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That's using the Join command to close a path without having to select its endpoints.
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Has anyone used the new JVC GZ-HD7 camera with FCE?

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Curt,
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Has anyone used the Sennheiser RS 130 Wireless Headphones with their M Pro?

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Go here:
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