Does WD Stupidware even work on the Mac?

I returned my drive today due to it constantly hanging but I did install the latest firmware and software on a Mac running Tiger 10.4.11 in an attempt to get it to work. The software seemed to work ok, but didn’t solve my problem. Picked up a Seagate “plug and play” drive… I put plug and play in quotes 'cause it seems the big thinkers at WD have forgotten the meaning of the phrase.

Imagine 2010 and WD can’t manage to put out a simple storage drive…

Who woulda’ thunk it?

I had heard stories years ago from Windows users about ridiculously retarded procedures to get their PC to use a drive, printer etc…