System requirements
| Mac operating systems supported |
Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard |
Hard drive
| Hard drive capacity |
500 GB |
| Drive ready time |
2.8 s |
| Average latency |
5.5 ms |
| Hard drive speed |
5400 RPM |
| Hard drive interface |
Serial ATA |
| Drive device, buffer size |
16 MB |
| Hard drive interface transfer rate |
6 Gbit/s |
| Start/stop cycles |
600000 |
Power
| Input voltage |
5 V |
| Power consumption (write) |
1.4 W |
| Power consumption (read) |
1.4 W |
| Power consumption (idle) |
0.55 W |
SATA 6Gb/s, 5400RPM, 6.35 cm (2.5 ") , 500GB
<b>Trusted engineering</b>
Built to WD’s highest standards of quality and reliability, WD Blue offers the features and entry-level capacities that are ideal for your computing needs. WD Blue is designed by the brand that you trust with the quality you would expect for a tested, proven, everyday storage solution.
<b>A modern classic</b>
WD Blue storage is designed and manufactured with technology found in WD’s original award-winning desktop and mobile hard drives. WD Blue sets the baseline for everyday storage by consistently delivering improved performance over previous generations while successfully maintaining WD’s quality and reliability for over six generations. The difference is that our colors never fade, generation after generation.
<b>Your power of choice</b>
WD Blue is available in a broad range of entry-level capacities, cache sizes, form factors and interfaces so you can be sure there’s a drive that’s the perfect fit for your system. However, not all hard drives are created equally and for your applications that demand more, WD gives you the power of choice.
<b>Drive with confidence</b>
We perform tests on hundreds of systems, configurations, and a multitude of platforms in our FIT Lab to give our customers the confidence that our drives will work in their systems for the ultimate compatibility. WD Blue allows you to use our drive with confidence, knowing that our storage advancements such as NoTouch Ramp Load technology are proven and reliable everyday solutions.
<b>The WD advantage</b>
WD puts our products through extensive Functional Integrity Testing (F.I.T.) prior to any product launch. This testing ensures our products consistently meet the highest quality and reliability standards of the WD brand. WD also has a detailed Knowledge Base with more than 1,000 helpful articles as well as helpful software and utilities. Our customer support lines have longer operational hours to ensure you get the help you need when you need it. Our toll-free customer support lines are here to help or you can access our WD Support site for additional details.
<b>Easy upgrade</b>
Acronis True Image, available as a download on the WD Support website, enables you to copy all your data to a new drive so you don't have to reinstall your operating system to get all the benefits of a new drive.
<b>Recommended use</b>
WD Blue storage is tested and recommended for use in notebooks, external enclosures and certain industrial applications.
