Western Digital My Passport is first with 2TB portable drive
updated 08:30 am EDT, Tue March 20, 2012
WD My Passport hits 2TB with new design
Western Digital undertook a major remake of its My Passport portable hard drives on Tuesday that both claimed a first in capacity and gave it a fresher design. The new versions are the first to ever have 2TB of storage in a portable-sized drive. WD hasn't said how the drive is arranged, although it's more likely to be two 1TB disk than the still-distant single 2TB drives.
Any capacity in the new line has a new patterned shell designed to suffer casual abuse, such as scratches and smudges. Every drive has native USB 3.0, with 2.0 as a fallback, as well as eoptional encryption. Software is strictly optional.
Five colors of the new My Passport will be available, although only some will be available at certain capacities. Prices start off at $130 for a 500GB drive and scale to 750GB ($150), 1TB ($180), 1.5TB ($200), and 2TB ($250). They should be available today both online and in stores.
Fresh-Faced Recruit
Joined: Apr 2008
It won't be 2 drives
It will be one very fat one. Who writes these things? Clearly not someone with any industry experience.