Western Digitial Unveils New 750Gb and 1Tb Passport Disks

Western Digital is considered the best in the market when it comes to external storage solutions. My first external store disk is of WD since that was the one recommended by friends and even the vendors were in favor of it. I must confess, it has kept my trust till date. In a press release, Western Digital has announced the launch of their two new Passport external disks that are USB based and encased in Titanium silver finish. Not only this, they also comes with 128 bit encryption system so if you lost your disk, i am sure the one who find it will have a really tough time extracting your personal data. The price of the 750Gb Western Digital (WD) Passport disk is $199 while that of 1TB is $299. I think its cheap when you consider the fact that the size is more then enough to carry all your data in a small compact disk with a 128 bit encryption system in place as well.

Below is the complete press release by Western Digital announcing their New My Passport(TM) Essential(TM) SE Portable Drives:

LAKE FOREST, Calif., July 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — WD(R) (NYSE: WDC), the world’s leader in external storage solutions, today introduced its new one terabyte (TB) and 750 gigabyte (GB) capacity My Passport(TM) Essential(TM) SE Portable USB Drives. Available now at WD’s online store (www.shopwd.com), the new drives feature a titanium silver finish and put massive storage capacity in the palm of your hand.

Perfect for saving, storing and backing up all of the digital memories captured this summer, the new 1 TB and 750 GB capacity My Passport Essential SE drives are light and compact to carry and, because they are USB-powered, they do not need an external power adapter (1). Equipped with sync and encryption software (Windows(R)-compatible only), this small drive, with mega-capacity, makes it easy to securely carry thousands of songs or videos or photos.

WD Sync software allows consumers to easily take desktop content with them by simplifying the synchronization of essential personal files and Microsoft(R) Outlook(R) data on a PC. Should owners misplace the drive, they know their data is protected with 128-bit encryption.

“The enormous capacity of these new My Passport Essential SE drives makes them the perfect travel-friendly storage device to hold all the rich media content generated by higher resolution photos and HD videos and music,” said Dale Pistilli, vice president of marketing for WD’s branded products group. “Carrying digital files close at hand continues to be a growing consumer interest and this new drive offers a sleek and stylish solution with plenty of storage capacity for people on the move.”

A product specification sheet and photos of My Passport Essential SE drives are available on the company’s Web site athttp://www.westerndigital.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=691.

Price and Availability

WD’s My Passport Essential SE portable drives are available now in the U.S. at select retail stores and from WD’s online store (www.shopwd.com). MSRP for the My Passport Essential SE 1 TB portable drive is $299.99 USD and for the 750 GB model is $199.99 USD.

About WD

WD, one of the storage industry’s pioneers and long-time leaders, provides products and services for people and organizations that collect, manage and use digital information. The company designs and produces reliable, high-performance hard drives and solid state drives that keep users’ data accessible and secure from loss. Its advanced technologies are configured into applications for client and enterprise computing, embedded systems and consumer electronics, as well as its own consumer storage and media products. WD was founded in 1970. The company’s storage products are marketed to leading OEMs, systems manufacturers, selected resellers and retailers under the Western Digital(R) and WD brand names. Visit the Investor section of the company’s Web site (www.westerndigital.com) to access a variety of financial and investor information.

Western Digital, WD, and the WD logo are registered trademarks; My Passport Essential and WD Sync are trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. Other marks may be mentioned herein that belong to other companies. All other brand and product names mentioned herein are the property of their respective companies. One gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion bytes. One terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment.

(1) An optional cable is available for the few computers that limit bus power.

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[via PR NewsWire]