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| Western Digital My Passport Elite 320GB Review |
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Today we’re having a look at the latest portable hard drive from Western Digital
to hit the market, the My Passport Elite 320GB. A brilliant looking, stylish drive with plenty to offer, we take a closer look.
The My Passport Elite is not Western Digital’s cheap and cheerful portable drive (not that there’s anything wrong with cheap and cheerful mind you) like their more basic My Passport Essential range, but rather the Elite range is for people after something a little better than standard, both better looking and better features. The 320GB version retails online for around AU$250.00, about $20 more than the My Passport Essential drive of the same capacity.
Appearance:
The My Passport Elite differs from its Passport Essential brethren in a few areas, firstly, the design of the drive case is essentially the same, but the Elite drives are painted in either a Titanium or a Bronze colour scheme with a soft matt finish, instead of the glossy and more vibrant colours of the Essential range, which gives the Elite drives are more professional appearance. Blue and Red will be available shortly though for those wanting a bit more of a lively colour scheme.
The actual design of the My Passport gets its style queues from its full size desktop counterparts, the My Book’s, basically they’re all made to imitate, at least partially, the look of a book (!). The My Book range is big, bulky and actually needs a bookshelf to support it, whereas the My Passport drives are sleek and small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, or travel in your back pocket without making you look weird.
