When you’re a notebook user and run out of space on your paltry 120GB built-in hard drive, a portable external hard drive is pretty much the only option you’re left with. Keeping the storage-space-deprived Mac notebook user in mind, Western Digital introduced a new line of portable HDDs yesterday, which come pre-formatted in the HFS+ Journaled format, ready to go as soon as you plug it into a USB 2.0 or FireWire 400 port.
The My Passport drives ship in capacities of 320GB, 250GB, and 160GB at prices of $219.99, $159.99, and $129.99 respectively. At dimensions of 0.71 x 4.99 x 3.189 inches and weighing in at only 0.40 pounds, these are tiny devices that you can pocket and carry anywhere with ease.
The drives are bus-powered—needing no external source of power—have a capacity gauge, are fully compatible with Time Machine, and come with a limited warranty of five years. If that wasn’t enough to convince you to throw in the cash, the fact that they ship with their own drawstring bags should definitely tilt the scales in their favor.
[Via The Mac Observer]
The new Lacie drivers are, imho, a lot nicer. They have two firewire ports, and a builtin USB cable.
And how is a drive "Time Machine" compatible? It assumes that there are hard drives that aren't…