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WD announces 3TB single-drive My Book Essential, dual USB 3.0 Passport drives
You might or might not have beheld, though Western Digital only followed up upon Seagate’s progressing efforts by violation out the 3TB external drive of the own — a single which has only the singular HDD inside of. The newest My Book Essential not usually houses a 3TB drive, though also packs the USB 3.0 pier upon the back and a same dull black bombard that you’ve come to know as well as adore / hatred. If that’s far too most for you to swallow (or simply too large to transport around), a My Passport Essential and My Passport Essential SE lines have been additionally being bumped to USB 3.0, with a former shipping in the 500GB version as well as the latter in 750GB / 1TB. Both of those guys have been powered wholly over USB and boat in the accumulation of mind-bending hues, with pricing starting at $99.99 for a 500 gigger as well as running up to $249.99 for some-more space than you’ll ever need . WD announces 3TB single-drive My Book Essential, dual USB 3.0 Passport drives
Show full PR textWD® Delivers USB 3.0 and 3 Terabytes With Its New External Hard Drive Product Lines
Blazing-fast USB 3.0 Connectivity Now Available with My Book® as well as My Passport® External Hard Drives
LAKE FOREST, Calif., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — WD® (NYSE: WDC), the world’s leader in outmost storage solutions, today introduced its brand-new My Passport® Essential™ moveable tough drive (photo), My Passport® Essential™ SE portable tough drive (photo), as well as My Book® Essential external tough drive (photo). All three drive family groups come in the variety of capacities and suggest lightning-fast USB 3.0 connectivity (1). Highest industry capacity is an additional pass feature for a My Book Essential drive, that is now available in 3 TB capacity, in further to 1 as well as 2 TB capacities. Equipped with WD SmartWare™ visible backup program for automatic, successive backup, these drives yield users a extra space they need to store or behind up all of their digital memories, such as high-resolution photos as well as videos, along with song as well as alternative vicious files, all in a single place.
The drives not usually take value of the ultimate blazing-fast USB 3.0 technology, though are additionally entirely concordant with USB 2.0 connections for those who have yet to ascent their computers to USB 3.0. When continuous to the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 pier, consumers can send interpretation during speeds up to 150 MB/s. At which rate, the two-hour HD video will send in as little as three minutes. The same two-hour video would take about 13 mins to transfer upon the USB 2.0 port(2).
My Passport Essential, still WD’s smallest portable drive, is accessible in the 500 GB genius as well as comes in five fun colors – Midnight Black, Cool Silver, Real Red, Pacific Blue and Arctic White (Arctic White usually available in EMEA and APAC). My Passport Essential SE moveable hard drives are available in 750 GB as well as 1 TB capacities and come in stylish black, china, lead blue as well as lead red colors. The pocket-sized My Passport moveable hard drives have been powered without delay by a USB wire; no apart power supply is needed(3).
My Book Essential, a world’s number-one offered hard drive, additionally impresses with the tiny footprint, neat design as well as high-capacity storage trimming from 1 TB up to the massive 3 TB(4). The drive is compatible with both USB 2.0 as well as USB 3.0 ports, as well as uses WD SmartWare visible backup software.
“With some-more and some-more inclination similar to a iPod touch®, iPhone®4 and alternative smartphones adding video-capable cameras, digital video is apropos entire. Most homes already have thousands of photos as well as song files, augmenting a need for storage around a house. Having a additional genius to store these files and move them around fast is apropos the big issue for most consumers around a universe,” pronounced Dale Pistilli, vice boss of selling for WD’s branded products organisation. “WD’s newest line of My Book as well as My Passport outmost tough drives features a latest USB 3.0 tie record, that some-more than triples the speed to transfer media files, but still functions with today’s USB 2.0 ports. In further, consumers can take advantage of the top genius accessible upon outmost tough drives with a brand-new 3 TB My Book Essential drive.”
Features:
My Book Essential outmost tough drives, My Passport Essential as well as My Passport Essential SE moveable tough drives underline:
* Dual USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 interfaces;
* Up to 3x faster send rates when compared to USB 2.0;
* WD SmartWare program for automatic, successive backup;
* Password insurance for remoteness; and,
* Planet-friendly wrapping from recycled materials that can, in spin, additionally be recycled.
Capacity as well as Compatibility:
The My Passport Essential moveable tough drive is available in 500 GB capacity. The My Passport Essential SE moveable hard drive is accessible in 750 GB as well as 1 TB capacities. The My Book Essential outmost tough drive is accessible in 1 TB, 1.5 TB, 2 TB and 3 TB capacities. The drives are formatted NTFS for Windows® XP, Windows Vista®, or Windows 7. These drives need reformatting for Mac® OS® X Leopard® or Snow Leopard®.
Price as well as Availability
My Passport Essential moveable tough drives as well as My Book Essential outmost tough drives suggest a 2-year singular warranty in the U.S. and have been now available during name U.S. retailers as well as online during wdstore.com.
MSRP for the My Passport Essential moveable drive is $99.99 USD. MSRP for My Passport Essential SE drives ranges from $129.99 USD to $169.99 USD. MSRP for My Book Essential drives ranges from $129.99 USD to $249.99 USD.
