2tb WD ultra portable HDD

Amazon.com WD My Passport Ultra Metal Edition 2 TB Navy - premium storage with style (WDBEZW0020BBA-NESN) Computers Accessories

Ordering one to replace the 1tb I'm giving to my brother.

hard drive prices are falling daily, it seems, esp SSDs

What I paid in Jan for a 120GB SSD I could now buy a 512GB

Noticed this week that an 8TB std int. hdd was going for about £190 (approx US$300)

I'm now only buying drives when I need them desperately as they will be so much cheaper in a months time

BTW check out the Daily Deals on Amazon,fr, they have some really cheap computer gear lately

I was considering buying a 4tb "desktop" drive, but decided I'd wait until I really had the need for that exact reason. I recently went through my USB drives and cleaned out & consolidated stuff. Was thinking I needed more space, but I'm doing well with a 1.5tb attached to my Time Capsule, a 1tb portable for "offsite" storage, and now this new 2tb portable for normal use.

Giving up my portable USB3 drive to my brother was the catalyst for needing a new portable drive. Decided to spring the couple extra bucks for the metal WD passport since it looks a little nicer.

I bought myself a couple of dirt cheap (US$3) USB header to USP port cables/converters and now have a couple of spare, rarely used, USB drives inside my case linked up providing permanent and effectively free storage space
I could have bought a cheap USB hub for about a fiver but these are out of the way inside the case

Why would you stick USB drives inside your case? Why not use normal drives?

because I had the USBs sat in a drawer doing nowt but get old and no working hdds spare

Makes sense I suppose.

Got it yesterday.... really doesn't seem like it's metal. Feels more like plastic. I guess I'll have to take their word for it.

wct097 said:

Got it yesterday.... really doesn't seem like it's metal. Feels more like plastic. I guess I'll have to take their word for it.

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You should test it with a magnet. Just get a really strong magnet and move it around all over to be sure.

skeptic said:

You should test it with a magnet. Just get a really strong magnet and move it around all over to be sure.

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Good idea. You need the rare earth style to get aluminum to attract, right?

I have to wonder why a 2TB external hard drive (2.5") is cheaper than a 2TB internal (2.5").

themonk said:

I have to wonder why a 2TB external hard drive (2.5") is cheaper than a 2TB internal (2.5").

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The external drive is an older design and slower than the internal one in all likelihood