Western Digital My Passport Elite Review
December 7, 2009
With digital photography, a reliable backup storage device is essential. Hard drive failures can occur at any time causing your favorite shots to be lost forever. This can be avoided with a backup storage unit. Recently I replaced my aging Western Digital My Book with this low profile Western Digital My Passport Elite. (500GB). Thanks to Best Buy and Bing Cash Back, the price was too good to resist. Click here to read more…
A sleek and simple design keeps this hard drive stylish.
Shipping was prompt by UPS and the hard drive was padded well in the box. As with most products, the Passport Elite is packaged in a hard plastic shell. Western Digital provides a USB 2.0 cable, carrying bag, and the hard drive itself. In addition, the Elite version includes back up software, built-in encryption and remote access capability. The titanium finish is certainly improved over the non-elite’s plastic cheap shell. It feels good in your hands and can be easily put in your pocket. Western Digital has generously given a 5 year warranty (elite only) that will definitely come in handy for when something happens. Many hard drives don’t survive a 5 year cycle so the warranty is a huge plus.
Indicator lights tell you how much storage is left.
The Western Digital My Passport Elite is a great portable storage device for photos, movies, music and etc. There is a new Passport currently on sale but this design reigns supreme. I highly recommend anyone searching for more portable storage to take a look at what this drive has to offer.
