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To measure performance of the 2TB Western Digital My Passport Studio, we ran Xbench on it while having it connected to a MacBook Pro over FireWire 800. If you didn’t have the two models side by side, you would probably never be able to tell the difference unless someone pointed it out. Removing those four screws lets the case fall into two halves and reveals a custom 15mm tall 2TB WD20NPVT Scorpio Blue hard drive inside.Ĭompared to the 1TB My Passport Studio, with a 12.7mm drive inside, the new 2TB model sits slightly higher. While most external hard drives have measures taken to make sure users won’t tamper with the drive inside, the My Passport Studio is almost begging to be taken apart with four Torx screws exposed on the bottom of the case. As an interesting aside, the whole process is very simple, the My Passport Studio may be one of the rare cases where users could swap out the drive pretty easily for something else, perhaps a higher performance Scorpio Black, if they so choose. Removing six more screws releases the drive from the caddy. It’s a small thing for sure, but we still see new drives released with old interface designs.Ī metal caddy secures the drive and added PCB which contains the ports. The USB port is actually a Micro-USB connection on the drive, a nice touch since most users have done away with dated mini-USB cords. The back of the drive contains the two FireWire 800 ports, USB 2.0 port and white/blue activity light.
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The sides and bottom are "Apple silver." The bottom of the drive has four near-flush rubber feet and the requisite drive certification information and black serial number sticker that sits in a recessed area. WD has used a two-tone design, with a black top that inlays over the ports on the rear of the drive. When trying to twist and bend the case, there’s no give at all, and squeaking or parts rubbing together. While not ruggedized per se, the CNC-machined aluminum case will surely handle the daily bumps and bruises just fine, keeping the drive inside nice and secure. The drive is shipping now with an MSRP of $299.Īs noted in the intro, the My Passport Studio not only looks great, but it feels rock solid too.
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WD includes software solutions to help manage the drive including WD Drive Utilities, which handles diagnostics and other drive management duties, and WD Security for applying a password to the drive. The 2TB WD My Passport Studio comes with a 2 year warranty.
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The 2TB portable drive uses the same all metal body that is both stylish and functional and provides users with dual FireWire 800 ports and a single USB 2.0 port for compatibility. The newly increased in capacity (and girth) My Passport Studio picks up on the new design deployed earlier this year in the 1TB My Passport Studio.
Oddly, the lack of an official endurance rating is actually a plus, though – WD backs the drive with a five-year warranty, so if you have problems, you can RMA the drive during the duration of the warranty regardless of the amount of data you’ve written.WD has been in rapid fire mode this year when it comes to refreshing and bumping capacities on their popular line of My Passport and My Passport Studio portable hard drives. However, at roughly $0.14-$018 per gigabyte, the My Passport SSD falls in line with competitors such as Samsung’s T7, Crucial’s X8, and the SanDisk Extreme v2.Īs per the norm for most portable SSDs, the My Passport lacks an endurance rating, but it’s rational to expect that it should have a similar life expectancy to the WD Blue SN550 that powers the device (300 and 600TB for the 500GB and 2TB models, respectively). Pricing is a bit higher than your standard SATA or M.2 SSD, though. Ranging from 500GB up to a beefy 4TB, WD’s My Passport SSD comes in a variety of capacities, and all are rated to deliver up to 1,050/1,000 MBps of read/write performance under sequential workloads. USB Type-C & USB Type-C to USB Type-A Adapter