
Western Digital My Book Studio 2TB review
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At last, an external hard drive with features that aren't gimmicks!
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At last, an external hard drive with features that aren't gimmicks!

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Take your data on the road in style with this MacBook Air-inspired hard disk

Intel reckons these drives are not only massively faster than conventional hard disks with spinning magnetic platters. It also claims they will give competing SSDs based on flash memory a damn good spanking.

With 320GB of space this drive is great value. Its compact design is supposed to resemble that of a small notebook, which keeps it in the same theme as the larger My Book hard drives. The difference is this device houses a 2.5-inch laptop drive, which spins at 5400rpm.

This is the third version of Western Digital’s My Passport Studio pocket drive, and it should appeal to anyone who needs a drive for backing up data on the road. Just slip it in your suitcase and away you go.

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