Definitely abnormal, never had any issues detecting external drives especially if they are formatted with OS X Extended (Journal).

definitely, there are issue with it just don't know how to solve it

If the size of the drive is huge and there are many files inside. It should be normal.

just wondering those WD external hdd, some models are stated "for Mac" which are slightly more expensive. any difference besides having it able to be used right out of the box?

I wanted to get an external drive for my mac and also noticed this with WD products, in the end I got the WD cloud storage and it has worked well since. Even installation was quite easy for a non-it person as myself.

No difference one, it is just preformatted with the file system that can be used in Mac directly. U can just buy the normal one and format urself. It saves u money by doing so.

i bought one WD external hdd last month stated for Mac oso still format as NTFS. have change format by myself.

WD

Yup, no need to buy mac one...

I prefer Seagate than WD

Somehow my 1TB seagate (the big one) has survived 7 years...

Maybe M unlucky. WD already trouble to me

Actually WD hdd has the lowest failure rate among all hdd brands if im not mistaken.

Seagate has the highest so i avoid them like the plague , based on personal experience and overall data on the internet

Yup, I do agree with this. I too had very bad experince with seagate drives previously. I had 2 x 2.5" external drives and 1x3.5" that went kaput on me few years back. Now I have WD cloud drive and an external, which so far is running fine.

Yes S brand is lousy. I had bad experience with it too. W brand is a lot more reliable.

Any external monitor suggestions for mbpr 13"?

i just got dell's u2515h QHD monitor. or if you want a bigger one, can get the u2715h, also QHD.

good design, good value QHD monitors IMO.

Hi everyone, I'm about to get a Macbook Pro w/ retina, I googled and saw many negative feedback of the screen flickering. Is there anyone facing flickering problem in Malaysia?

There are lemons as this is a product. However issues do crop up but you must appreciate that those without issues are in many numbers. I for one is very happy with it (mine is the 2014 model) although there is some issue with the screen anti reflective coating. But for me it does not affect the operation so I'm good. But everything else is tip top.

Just a note, ensure you go for the min hard of 256Gb or more. and 16Gb ram is best for best experience.

All the best in your choices.

I'm still thinking either to get the non-retina or the retina. But due to budget limit, I only able to get the 128gb with education discount at most. Any comment about the non-retina?