WD Unveils SOHO Gear

LAKE FOREST, Calif. -- WD(R) (NYSE: WDC) today introduced its smaller, sleeker My Book(TM) external storage solutions: My Book Home Edition(TM), My Book Office Edition(TM) and My Book Essential Edition(TM). Ranging from 320 GB to 1 TB (terabyte), the new My Book models were designed with specific users in mind. Home users will appreciate the automatic and continuous backup of their precious memories on the My Book Home Edition. Office users will rely on the remote access and sharing capabilities of the My Book Office Edition. My Book Essential Edition meets the needs of users who seek simple, instant storage.

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Demonstrations of the newly redesigned My Book family of external hard drives may be viewed at WD's booth (No. 864) at the DigitalLife(TM) (http://www.digitallife.com) event being held at Javits Center in New York from Sept. 27-30, 2007.

"Just in time for the holidays, we have taken the world's number one selling external hard drive family and redesigned it to solve the particular needs of a diverse customer set," said Jim Welsh, vice president and general manager of WD's branded products and consumer electronics groups. "With the new My Book family, WD delivers meaningful new features such as continuous backup and remote access while enhancing the qualities of elegance and simplicity that made this family of products so popular."

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