Western Digital Passport 250 GB Hard Drive - WDXMS2500TN

External Hard Drive

3/8/2008

The WD 250 GB is fast and very compact - I have replaced my older units with this great product. Fast and reilable - strongly recommend
Dr. Russ

Very good drive.

3/7/2008

Although I didn't purchase this drive from Amazon, I do own it. Mine came with a case (zippered leatherette type with exterior pocket for the USB cord). I use it on several Macs, including both at home and school: G5 dual processor towers, a G5 iMac and my MacBook Pro laptop. It works very well, and I love that it's just over pocket sized and yet is a 250 GB drive. I have had no problems with power. I keep it in its zippered case when not in use; it fits nicely in a pocket in the laptop case I use.

I would give it 5 stars, but because it is only a 5400 RPM drive, it is a little slow to mount. However, it dismounts immediately, which is great when I'm in a hurry.

Altogether a very good drive; I've had mine for about 6 months and would recommend it to anyone who doesn't want a big bulky "portable" drive but needs much more storage than a basic USB thumbdrive.

I couldn't live without my Passport.

2/26/2008

I recently purchased the WD 250GB Passport after using a Maxtor One Touch external hard drive for the last three years. I have a very specific use for this portable device which, as its name suggests, is roughly the size of a passport. I use it for the backup storage of my entire iTunes music library consisting of more than 10,000 songs maintained on my desk top computer (with a Windows 2000 operating system) and on my IBM T41 Thinkpad (with a Windows XP operating system). (It holds up to 62,000 songs, or 71,000 photos.) It works without any problems whatsoever on both systems. Based upon my personal experience with the WD 250GB Passport, there are at least six reasons why I would recommend this state-of-the-art portable hard drive to anyone considering purchasing such a device:

1. It is compatible with either a Mac or PC as storage unit.

2. It utilizes a USB connection and requires no external power source.

3. It features Google software for searching and managing files.

4. It is light-weight (weighing less than 4 ounces), has a sleek, glossy black design, and mine included a padded black case.

5. It is very easy to use, even for someone (like me), who isn't too computer savvy.

6. It offers a 3-year limited warranty.

G. Merritt

just perfect

2/25/2008

It delivers exactly what I needed at a very competitive price. I re-formatted the disk using NTSF (it came as FAT32) and now I can backup files and databases of any size from my desktop. Performance is more than adequate to my needs.

Works flawlessly with the 12" Powerbook G4 1.33 GHz

2/24/2008

This 250GB drive is actually 232GB. Works flawlessly with a 12" Powerbook G4. No Y-adapter needed.