Probably the cheapest prices for Western Digital 1TB My Passport Ultra and Element 2TB portable hard drives from a local store.
WD Portable Hard Drives: My Passport Ultra 1TB $88 and Element 2TB $129 @ TGG
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have heard that the new WD portables have louder harddrives then last year's model least that is what i am reading from reviews compared to new Toshiba portables
I've got one of the old ones and it's whisper quite. If it was four times as loud I doubt that I would be able to hear it over the device that it's connected to.
WD 1.5TB password for $98 at Harvey Norman
http://www.harveynorman.com.au/wd-my-passport-1-5tb-portable…
I know for most the physical size difference doesn't matter, but the one listed in this post is the Ultra portable- it's smaller on all dimensions.
What's that useful for? I can easily slip one (I have the Toshiba Canvio slim) into the laptop sleeve with my ultrabook, whilst I can't do the same with my bulkier HDs.
Granted, it's a fairly niche target audience but for some the ultra-slimmness is an important factor
Officeworks Pricebeat?
If this sucker has WD smart wave, avoid it like the plague.
Care to elaborate?
It's bundled crapware mainly found on the WD My Book/My Book Live range that's difficult to remove and always launches the moment you plug the drive in (it constantly monitors file activity and makes real-time backups).
The newer My Passports do have it, but it doesn't have an autorun executable/self-mounting VHD that launches on connection and I just formatted both of mine without issue after I bought them.
It shouldn't be a problem.
Difficult to remove even after formatting or deleting and recreating the partition?
I don't have any first-hand experience with the WD SmartWare that comes on the My Books, but apparently particular models had SmartWare firmware-embedded onto the logic board inside the enclosure, so there was no way to remove it without taking the HDD out of the enclosure and using it as a bare bones internal drive.
I remember hearing about that some years ago though, I'm not sure if WD is still doing that.
Like I said, this shouldn't be an issue for the My Passports, of which I have two, and all I needed to do was format them.
Compared to the My Passport is it just extra software and thinner?
Yeah I'm more interested in speed differences, if any.
any idea on a price match?
Hardly see any WD portables in stores these days. Might pick one up although I don't need it.
Anyone know why stores are stocking less and less of the WD drives?