Comments on: Western Digital unveils new My Passport Essential SE Portable USB Drives http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20090727/western-digital-unveils-passport-essential-se-portable-usb-drives/ Playing with cool gadgets in the ongoing search for the Coolest Gadget Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:53:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Edwin http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20090727/western-digital-unveils-passport-essential-se-portable-usb-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-394076 Edwin Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:48:33 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/?p=28480#comment-394076 Thanks for your input, Rob - appreciate it :) Thanks for your input, Rob – appreciate it :)

]]> By: Rob Clarke http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20090727/western-digital-unveils-passport-essential-se-portable-usb-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-394029 Rob Clarke Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:31:35 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/?p=28480#comment-394029 Well the product does not live up to expectations. 1) they use a propriatory plug - very poor, it keeps crashing out as it looses contact 2) Need loads of power, and as it has a special lead you cannot use a standard USB B double header. 3) The worst of all, you get the backup software, on every computer you plug it into, you cannot format the drive to get rid of it - it is awful, corportate Malware at its worst! Buy the bare drive and put it in a standard enclosure if you have to have one this big - otherwise there are far better / equivalent products available Well the product does not live up to expectations.
1) they use a propriatory plug – very poor, it keeps crashing out as it looses contact
2) Need loads of power, and as it has a special lead you cannot use a standard USB B double header.
3) The worst of all, you get the backup software, on every computer you plug it into, you cannot format the drive to get rid of it – it is awful, corportate Malware at its worst!

Buy the bare drive and put it in a standard enclosure if you have to have one this big – otherwise there are far better / equivalent products available

]]> By: Kemal ONUR http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20090727/western-digital-unveils-passport-essential-se-portable-usb-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-392137 Kemal ONUR Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:35:52 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/?p=28480#comment-392137 Thanx for nice info... Thanx for nice info…

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