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$80 off Western Digital 80 GB Passport 2.5-inch External Hard Drive (now $99.99 with FREE shipping) Posted Tuesday, May 16, 2006 by David
With music, image, and video files demanding more and more of our available hard drive space, having a secondary drive for storage has become a virtual necessity. Thumb drives are great when you only need to hold a few gigabytes, but what if you have 50, 60, or more gigabytes you need to transfer? That's where the Western Digital 80 GB Passport 2.5-inch External Hard Drive (WDXML800UETN) comes in. It's fast, durable, a cinch to use, and can fit snugly in your pocket when you need to hit the road.
While a cheap solution to your storage issues might be to burn a stack of discs, we all know what a headache that can be. Not only is CD/DVD burning a time-consuming process, discs can be a pain to retrieve and label properly. With this high-performance 5400 RPM drive, installation is a breeze. You simply plug it into your Macintosh or Windows-based PC through the computer's USB port, and you're ready to go. The Western Digital 80 GB Passport 2.5-inch External Hard Drive configures itself automatically and is assigned a drive letter on your computer. Just click on the Western Digital logo and let the transfers begin. (Your Macintosh will need to be running either OS 9.2.2 or later or OS X 10.1.5 or later in order to use this drive. And while the drive powers off your computer's USB connection, some laptops with limited USB power may require that you purchase the Western Digital Passport Power Adapter that's sold separately.)
In other words, in just a short time, and with a single command, you can free up valuable space on your computer's hard drive and gain the added sense of security that comes with knowing that your data has been backed up safely. Exactly how much does an 80 GB drive hold? In terms we can all easily understand, this drive can hold 22,865 digital photos; 20,006 MP3 songs; 2,001 uncompressed CD-quality songs; 6 hours of digital video; 36 hours of DVD-quality video; or 10 hours of HD video. (Of course, these digital photo, video and music file capacities are based on averages. Your results will certainly vary, but you get the picture.)
With the Western Digital 80 GB Passport 2.5-inch External Hard Drive (WDXML800UETN), you can rest safe knowing that a rugged, protective case surrounds the unit's shock-tolerant 2.5-inch hard drive. In other words, while you won't want to use this as a hockey puck, it's designed to be taken on the go and to withstand the occasional bump that goes along with portability.
And exactly how portable is it? Think PDA. Think jacket pocket. Think glove compartment. At a mere 5.7 by .83 by 3.5 inches (H by W by L), and less than 10 ounces, you'll barely know that you are holding 22,000 photos in the palm of your hand.
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