As with any HDD it is important that out of the box it is easy to use. I purchased this for my PS4 and have never looked back dumping a huge amount of titles on it with the new firmware update functionality. This has completely added longevity of my original release day PS4. Awesome!

purchased in december 2014 and it's January 2015 now. This hard drive still runs strong! Transfer speeds are around 60-70mb/s and continue to be this way. I use this drive for all my games/media. I wouldn't hesitate to use this as a backup drive but always remember to backup twice.

WD Hard Drives, Store and Share Data Easily Pros:- This external hard drive is integrated with USB 3.0 connectivity that is perfect for power and data functions alike.- It contains the WD SmartWare Pro automatic backup software that protects all kinds of data by creating instant back-ups.

The Elite model of Western Digital's My Passport comes with a stand-up dock, so you can sync it to your computer without fussing with cords

Lightweight; Docking station for super convenient hook-ups; Indicator shows available storage space; Software launches automatically; Optional password protection; Instruction manual is thorough and easy to understand

Slightly noisy when working hard

Passport is the apt name chosen by Western Digital for its range of portable storage devices, not much bigger than the 2.5in notebook drives they contain.

Western Digital's My Passport is a portable hard drive that goes big on storage and slashes features back to the bare essentials. It packs oodles of capacity into it's compact, plasticky body, though, and its 2TB capacity providing 1.8TB of formatted space.

My wife bought me the WD passport pro 2TB for my Mac Air. Even so it is reasonably fast, not as fast as my thunderbolt ssd drive. It is also very noisy in my opinion. The biggest drawback however is its weight!.

capacity

heavy; noisy; big

At 2TB, WD's My Passport is the largest-capacity USB hard drive we've ever tested, and its four chunky 500GB platters rotate at 5,400rpm. In the palm it feels about as thick as a huge English muffin with a piece of ham in the middle, or a water-logged deck of cards; it's the thickest drive in this...

Huge capacity; great speed; full-featured software package

Backup software is not reliable or good for advanced users; can't make backup images

MacBook users, your portable hard drive has arrived. The Western Digital My Passport Studio ($220 list) is the Mac OS version of the WD My Passport Elite . It has the same compact case (albeit in a slightly more silver hue), protective port cover, and velvet-like drawstring bag.

Speedy portable drive; Drive capacity indicator; Protected I/O ports; Both FireWire 400 and USB 2.0; Preformatted for Mac OS X.

Capacity indicator requires utility installation; Mac OS X (10.4) Tiger users will need a separate backup utility

Knowing that the USB 3.0 interface has a real-world bandwidth ceiling of around 400MB/s under ideal conditions, the limiting factor, in terms of raw speed, is going to be the 2TB mechanical drive.