Western Digital WD Passport Portable WDXMS2500

Price: $89.99 - $89.99

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Cute 2.5in External Hard Drive05/21/08

Pros:

Easy to use, iPhone looking, fast at getting out stand-by mode, noiseless, stays cool

Cons:

Poor bundled software, the exterior is too glossy to handle, requires a special two-to-one USB cable on some laptops

The Western Digital Passport (160GB), in the first place, is a catcher of the eye. The perfect glossy top is engraved with a WD logo, and a blue ring glows as the drive is being accessed, inclusively making an impeccable beauty.

The whole game is very easy, as a connection through USB is all that is needed to start using your data. Your drives are mounted quickly, without the need of no driver installation. File transfer is at the speed of around 30MB/s, which in my case is satisfactory.

On the dark side, some laptops may not supply enough power through USB. In such cases, a dual-head USB cable will help users run the drive. At last, don't count on the WD Sync software. You may lose some serious data over making this mistake.