Testseek.com have collected 27 expert reviews of the Western Digital My Passport Studio USB2/FireWire WDBAAE and the average rating is 79%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Western Digital My Passport Studio USB2/FireWire WDBAAE.
April 2010
(79%)
27 Reviews
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The Western Digital My Passport Studio supports FireWire 800, FireWire 400, and USB 2.0 connections. It has a sleek compact and portable design with a customizable electronic label
The My Passport Studio doesn't support USB 3.0 and its FireWire performance could be faster. Its backup software doesn't allow for much customization, and its cost per gigabyte is relatively high
The My Passport Studio is designed and preformatted for Macs, but it works well as a portable external storage solution for both Windows and OS X, as long as USB 2.0 is the connection of choice.
The price is a lot to ask if you’re looking for a lot of plain storage: 30 cents/GB for the 640GB version, and you can get drives for as little as 10 cents/GB. But if you want for something sleek and portable, and the e-ink appeals to you, this drive ...
Abstract: There has generally been little difference from one external hard drive to the next (especially in the highly portable 2.5-inch models). Maybe one was a bit smaller than another, or it had Firewire in addition to USB 2.0, but there has often been littl...
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Published: 2010-03-20, Author: James , review by: techworld.com
The Western Digital My Passport Studio 500GB is an average performer when using the USB 2.0 connection, and you can expect similar results when using the FireWire 400 adapter. However, the FireWire 800 interface means you’ll be able to transfer large ...
The Western Digital My Passport Studio 500GB is an average performer when using the USB 2.0 connection, and you can expect similar results when using the FireWire 400 adapter. However, the FireWire 800 interface means you’ll be able to transfer larg...
FireWire 800 provides fast transfer speeds, FireWire 400 to 800 adapter provided, hardware encryption
WD SmartWare backup software has limitations, eInk label is largely a gimmick
Western Digital charges a premium for its flagship Mac-formatted external hard drive, but the addition of an eInk label and the faster FireWire 800 interface make it a worthwhile choice of you need to transfer large files...
Abstract: Case in point, their WD home entertainment solutions that work with all brands of external storage, not just their own. In this case, so-to-speak, the new My Passport – Studio models really go that extra mile beyond the storage and with all t...
