WD My Passport Studio 500GB Mac Portable External Hard Drive Storage

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Electronics

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Western Digital

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WD My Passport Studio 500GB Mac Portable External Hard Drive Storage

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A

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A

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Pros & Cons

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Pros

The metal hard drive has a good weight to it and does not feel cheap. It has a little light that flashes when plugged in as added insurance that it's at work. It is very compact, and was easy to install.

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Love the double firewire ports. I hope western digital offers a usb 3.

Cons

Oh, yeah, hmmm. But it's my responsibility to prove that i should have it?

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Quality

Consistent, reliable construction, stays cool, operates silently.

Love the small size, and being all metal, it feels nice and durable.

It remains on continuously whenever the drive is plugged in, and (even worse) begins to flash when the drive goes into sleep mode.

Expect the anondized aluminum shell to hold up to a lot of abuse.

Price

The product was a low price and has treated me great so far.

In my opinion, its worth the price.

Good price with support for now aging firewire connection.

Packaging/appearance

I've had it so long now i can't comment about what came in the box and how i set it up.

Competitiveness

After comparing this hard drive to many others i was looking at, i finalized on this one.

They are better than the comparable seagate and lacie drives that i've had fail in half the time.

After many reviews and a personal testimony from a relative, i bought it and feel better now that i'm backed up.

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This product had a total of 54 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 9 2024.