Western Digital My Passport Essential 500 GB External USB 3.0 Hard Disk Drive Review

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  1. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Western Digital has a wide variety of external storage products for both the PC and Mac markets. The external drives are available in both large desktop and smaller portable formats. Under the portable segment alone, Western Digital offers five drive families for the PC, and three drive families for the Mac.

    Today, we are going to take a look at one of their latest portable drives for the PC market - the 500 GB Western Digital My Passport Essential external USB 3.0 hard disk drive. It boasts the following features :

    Now, let's find out how this portable hard disk drive fares against its competitors!
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    Link : Western Digital My Passport Essential 500 GB External USB 3.0 Hard Disk Drive Review
     
    Adrian Wong, Mar 10, 2011
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  2. mikegas

    mikegas Newbie

    I want to correct this. Is not a standard 2.5" drive, there is no adapter board to convert from SATA to USB. The USB chip is build into the PCB so you have the smaller form factor compare to other USB portable drive..
     
    mikegas, Mar 11, 2011
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  3. Chai

    Chai Administrator Staff Member

    Ah...which is why it is shorter than most.
     
    Chai, Mar 11, 2011
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  4. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Oh, thanks for the heads-up! Corrected! :beer:
     
    Last edited: Mar 11, 2011
    Adrian Wong, Mar 11, 2011
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