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WD certainly proves to be faster than Seagate when they’re connected through a USB interface. The Firewire interface helps WD further by boosting the throughput by about 20%. We also tested these drives with PCMark Vantage’s HD test where Seagate scored...
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We tested all three versions of Western Digital’s 500GB external drive, the My Passport Essential, Elite, and Studio—and each had something going for it. First, these drives were the top USB performers in their category. If you don’t care about FireWir...
Fastest USB performer.
Poor FireWire performer. Thick case.
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Karan BajajWestern Digital's passport drive is one of the top performing portable USB drives we reviewed. It had the fastest data transfer speed until the new generation drives from Seagate and Transcend overtook its position. Now Western Digital...
Looks, Ports, Performance...
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by Chris Holt, Macworld.com On paper, the My Passport Studio 500GB has a lot going for it. It’s compact, offers three different connection types, has a healthy amount of storage space, and comes with a five-year warranty. On top of it all, the My Passp...
Bus powered; inexpensive.
Turbo feature not as fast as advertised; no eSATA option available.
Despite its claims to faster connection speeds with Turbo offerings, the scores for the My Passport Studio 500GB were only average compared to competing three-port drives. For users looking for a compact drive with a lot of storage and don’t care ab...
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Data portability is no longer something that is meant just for those who want to secure their important data while toting it around for meetings. These days it’s all about average users storing movies, music and media in all forms. A portable hard driv...
Superb read/write speeds, Great design, Mac and Windows compatible...
A little bit pricey...
PerformanceSpeaking of connectivity, the drive supports USB 2.0 and FireWire 400. These are the test results of the tests that we ran on the drive to test performance. Firewire (400) TestUSB 2.0 TestYou can see for yourself that the read/write rates ar...
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Less isn’t more when it comes to computers. More, in fact, is actually more. More RAM, more speed, more display real estate and more hard drive space. You can never really have too much of any of these things. Unfortunately with laptops, we’re a...
While it certainly won’t matter to a lot of people out there, the My Passport Studio does look rather attractive. I mean, less isn’t more when it comes to hard drive space but it is in terms of design. Other than perhaps LaCie, not too many manufact...
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Western Digital's My Passport Studio is a portable hard drive that's bus powered - it doesn't include a power adaptor.The My Passport Studio uses either a USB or FireWire 400 port. It has a mini FireWire 400 port (a design element we're not fond of)...
The My Passport Studio is no speed demon, but does offer decent capacity and performance in an attractive, slim design. Although we prefer a standard FireWire 400 port and cable over the drive’s mini FireWire 400 port and two-headed cable, the My Pass...
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Western Digital Corp.s My Passport Studio is a portable hard drive thats bus-powered -- it doesnt include a power adapter. The drive ships in a Mac-friendly format and works with Leopards built-in disk backup utility, Time Machine.The drive uses ei...
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Western Digital's My Passport Studio is a portable hard drive that's bus powered—it doesn't require a power adaptor.The My Passport Studio uses either a USB or FireWire 400 port. The My Passport Studio has a mini FireWire 400 port, and this requires a...
The My Passport Studio is no speed demon, but does offer decent capacity and performance in an attractive, slim design. Though we prefer a standard FireWire 400 port and cable over the drive's mini FireWire 400 port and two-headed cable, the My Passpo...
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The My Passport Studio is no speed demon, but does offer decent capacity and performance in an attractive, slim design. Though I prefer a standard FireWire 400 port and cable over the drive’s mini FireWire 400 port and two-headed cable, the My P...
Attractive design; ships formatted for Mac; bus-powered; capacity gauge.
Proprietary FireWire cable; no software bundle.
The My Passport Studio is no speed demon, but does offer decent capacity and performance in an attractive, slim design. Though I prefer a standard FireWire 400 port and cable over the drive’s mini FireWire 400 port and two-headed cable, the My P...
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Western Digital is well known to system builders and end users for providing excellent storage solutions matched with a good warranty and support. I only recommend two hard drive manufactures to people, Western Digital is one of them (the other being...
For $140, the drive is priced well... For a Mac product. It is a notebook type hard drive so it uses the power off of the USB drive as long as you use the included cable. If you have a Mac, this drive is ready out of the box for you and includes Firewi...
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MacBook users, your portable hard drive has arrived. The Western Digital My Passport Studio ($220 list) is the Mac OS version of the WD My Passport Elite. It has the same compact case (albeit in a slightly more silver hue), protective port cover, and...
Speedy portable drive. Drive capacity indicator. Protected I/O ports. Both FireWire 400 and USB 2.0. Preformatted for Mac OS X. Works with Time Machine backup.
Capacity indicator requires utility installation. Mac OS X (10.4) Tiger users will need a separate backup utility.
If you were thinking of getting the WD My Passport Elite but have a Mac, get the My Passport Studio instead. It works better with Macs—particularly those running OS X Leopard—and has FireWire to boot (pun intended)...
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The newest member of the My Passport family is equipped with both FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 interface, a very convenient feature. Not only is the drive well suited to the MacBook Air—with its paucity of hard drive storage—it also makes...
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Western Digital is one of the most revered and and dependable hard drive manufacturers on the market today. Their various models of internal and external hard drives are proof of the company's strength and position in the market as one of the leading manu...
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