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Western Digital Introduces 500GB My Passport Drives
Western Digital (WD) has just introduced the all new 500GB My Passport drives today, well what we really meant to say was, they are shipping the 500GB My Passport portable USB My Passport drives.
You can get your hands on the My Passport drives from WD right now as of today; you have two options which are the My Passport Elite or My Passport Essential, both in 500GB glory.
The My Passport Elite will cost $219.99 and the My Passport Elite will cost you $199.99, now if you ask me, what a bargain.
Hands on: Western Digital My Book Mirror Edition External 2TB HDD
Our thirst for storage space in our homes is far greater than it ever has been; this is a result of all of us moving over to the digital age. Western Digital understands this, which is why they have the My Book Mirror Edition External with 2TB HDD storage space.
Most of us hate the idea of storing their images, videos and music files on their computer’s hard drive as it will slow the system up. The best way to store such items is with these kinds of external hard drives.
The Western Digital My Book Mirror Edition External 2TB HDD, has to be one the most popular on the market so far. Tweaktown have got their hands on one and have put it through its paces, here are their final thoughts.
Western Digital VelociRaptor: fourth generation hard drive
August 26, 2008 by Peter
Filed under Computers, Hard Drives
Western Digital launched a 10,000 RPM hard drive some time ago now; they are now into their fourth generation with the VelociRaptor. When it comes to performance from a hard drive, no one comes close to Western Digital’s Raptor Series.
Hard drives with faster speeds than 10,000 RPM have been out a long time before the Raptor Series, but none have managed to get the same performance figures like WD have.
Tweaktown thought they would take a closer look at the Western Digital VelociRaptor; here is what they thought about the storage device. “Until Western Digital released the VelociRaptor, 2008 was on track to be a year dominated by Solid-State Drive headlines. Western Digital has quickly put a stop to that and released a major roadblock for the adoption of SSDs for enthusiasts.
The Western Digital VelociRaptor is clearly the fastest consumer hard drive available, SSD or traditional platter based period. There are of course a few faster SSDs and SAS drives, but they are far from consumer class and what I am really saying is consumer priced.
When it comes to price, the VelociRaptor retained the same initial MSRP as the third generation 150GB drive, around 300 U.S. Dollars. The New Raptor is available at a number of e-tail locations in the US but at this time the price has yet to slip, so if you are looking to purchase now, the MSRP price is what you are going to pay.
When comparing the VelociRaptor to other enterprise 10K drives, the VelociRaptor really stands out from the crowd. All other 10K drives are based on SAS which requires either an expensive controller card or a motherboard with onboard SAS which is also expensive. Western Digital has really dealed a death blow to high cost 10K drives for small to medium sized businesses.
If I had a major complaint with the VelociRaptor, it would be the way the drive was rolled out with an adaptor bracket that does not comply with traditional standards. Western Digital has done a good job correcting the issue, but to be honest, SOMEONE should have caught this prior to launch.
From the “What Could Have Been” category, I am surprised to see that Western Digital only used 16 MB of cache, the same as the third generation Raptor 150. There have been countless numbers of drives released this past year with 32 MB of cache. I can only dream of the performance of a 32 MB cache VelociRaptor. I think a special edition is in order; sign me up for eight!”
Western Digital (WD) launches new My Passport Elite Portable USB Hard Drives
March 26, 2008 by Daniel
Filed under Computers, Hard Drives
This is Western Digital’s (WD) brand new My Passport Elite portable USB hard drives, you can see a photo of them above and they look simple, stylish and easy to carry. The My Passport Elite will come in two sizes, the bigger is 320GB priced around $200 and the smaller is 250GB priced around $170.
What’s great about these USB hard drives is the need for no external power supply, you just plug the USB lead in and get power and easy plug and play connecting to transfer files. The WD My Passport Elite drive features multiple colors, a weight of just five ounces, compatibility with select video game consoles, synchronization with support for 128-bit encryption of data, capacity gauge to let you know how much storage space is left and a soft-touch finish. You can buy them right now via the read link below.
Source: Read | Via SlipperyBrick
