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.

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

Western Digital's own product description (above) gives an accurate, no-exaggeration summary of this hard drive and I really can't take any issue at all with the claims they make for it.

Along with the My Book update this week, WD has released a new version of the My Passport and My Passport for Mac, the company's popular portable storage solution. This re-release is highlighted by a new modern design that features a textured underside and is available in six distinct colors: Black,...

Same reliable hardware; Back up software works great and is seamless to use; Its new design is coupled with vibrant color options

Performance hasn't improved over the previous version

Hi frnds im giving a advice not to buy WD My Passport portable drive Essential se 1 tb not be the fastest drive available, and it has not having good speed docks like the Must-have Seagate HDD.

I have been using WD products for a long time and I have never been let down. They have never had any issues. I just keep getting bigger ones.

I have purchased this drive a week ago, as I needed to format my laptop and urgently needed something to put my documents on. The drive worked flawlessly. Connectivity was without any problems and the speed was great (acheived over 100MB/s for large file transfers).

My son loves his so much it has helped him store all his gaming and important information on it. And it so small and lightweight. he can take it anywhere.

Fast and reliable unlike Seagate

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!