Testseek.com have collected 26 expert reviews of the Western Digital My Passport Essential USB2 and the average rating is 78%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Western Digital My Passport Essential USB2.
October 2009
Experts 78% 26 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Transfer rates stayed the same with the installation of the SmartWare software, though the user experience decreased. If you don't install it, every time you connect the drive the software will mount and ask to be installed. This was extremely annoy...
Small, light, and buspowered for easy portability, Lots of color options available, Performance rivals more expensive versions, Zippered case a nice included accessory,
Fingerprintprone finish is back, Software suite not as versatile as the Elite's, Synchronization utilities still Windows only,
At the end of the day, what do you give up by stepping down to the Passport Essential? The most notable difference may be that the Essential’s simply not as trendy looking as the Passport Elite – in fact some of the colors can even make the cheaper mo...
Synchronization and encryption software, Uses a performance hard drive
Well designed with smooth curves. Is widely available in retail and offers a choice of nine colors. Internally, it uses a performance oriented WD Scorpio hard disk drive....
Abstract: We love these little drives. Theyre nice and small, quiet and dont require an external power supply. In fact, thats probably our favorite thing about the Passport Essential line. Performance wise, these drives are a little poky. For moving large am...
Abstract: The Passport is a portable hard drive that stands out by its small size and easy use, but is it worth the price and limitations? Fitting Your NeedsWhen looking for a portable storage device you will usually have specific requirements for performance. ...
11 color options, Speedy read speeds, Sync software included
Slow write speeds
We love the colors that WD makes available for the My Passport Essential family, and its included backup solutions. Plus, you get an additional 40GB of storage over the LaCie little disk for $10 less. But while the My Passport Essential’s read speed...
Abstract: Since I picked up an , Asus Eee PC, Ive been looking for a megadose of portable storage. Sure 8 GB SD cards are nice, but I was looking for a bigger fix. When I travel, Id like to be able to bring a ton of movies so I dont have to decide beforehand ...
Abstract: Since the “world’s thinnest laptop”comes with, at best, a miserly 80GB hard drive, you’ll probably only keep your essential files on the Air’s hard drive or solid state drive. If you want to carry along non-essent...
