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10/30/2008, 9:40am, EDT
Thursday, October 30thWD My Passport Studio drives get FireWire 800
Western Digital released a new My Passport Studio portable drive with a high-speed FireWire 800 interface. The drive ships pre-formatted with HFS+ and includes high-speed turbo drivers for use with Mac computers, and is capable of working directly with the recently introduced Apple MacBook Pro as well as desktops equipped with the faster port. Other connection options include FireWire 400 and USB for owners connecting to legacy machines.
An illuminated capacity gauge tells users how much space is available in the drive, while power is also drawn from the FireWire or USB connection, making an AC power supply unnecessary. The new My Passport Studio can also be used to backup Mac laptops using Apple's Time Machine application; they can also be reformatted to work with the Windows OS.
Now available in stores and online, the 500GB My Passport Studio with the FireWire 800/400 interface is priced at nearly $250, while the 400GB model costs about $230.
Filed under: computers, gadgets, upgrades/storage, Apple
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USB for legacy machines..
And those of you with a new MacBook and no alternative...
Damn you, Apple!
Oh yeah, FW is so dead
Apple drops FW and now more vendors are releasing FW400/800 products. You'd think they might try talking to each other.
looks good, BUT...
...i was a WD virgin before buying 3 WD passport drives in feb '08 (2x250 1x320) and they've all given me problems : ((
after saving over 200GB of data on the 250GB unit, i then went on holiday, came back and plugged it in whereupon it thought it was 1TB drive
the drive is now with a data-recovery company who want FROM $950 gst to get my files back
needless to say, i won't be 'experimenting' with WD again anytime soon
just hoping apple will update the chip in the TC and add the new 1.5TB seagate drive :-)