Are you finding that 1 TB of external storage is a paltry amount of room for your data? Then Western Digital has you covered with the anything-but-svelte My Book Studio Edition II with up to 4 TB–that’s terabytesof storage.

Aimed at “creative professionals” and eco-conscious customers, the fan-less unit packs the company’s GreenPower drives for 30 percent energy savings; is pre-formatted for Mac; and supports eSATA, USB 2.0, FireWire 400 and FireWire 800.

All that for $650.

[via Gizmodo]

Since the advent of external USB storage devices, it’s been extremely easy to add storage to your computer without all of the popping open your case and cramming in the hard drive nonsense.

Western Digital’s My Book Essential Edition 1TB USB 2.0 external hard drive promises a good chunk of extra space at an extremely tempting price. There was a point in time where an external drive would set you back more than your run of the mill internal version but that price premium has slowly shrunk down to an acceptable profit-taking level.

The company touts the drive as a little eco-friendlier with up to 30% more energy efficiency than standard systems, which I take to mean competing brands that offer the same storage space using the same USB 2.0 interface.

Click the break for our full review.

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