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My Passport Ultra hard drives from WD

20.05.2013

Western Digital has announced the release of a new series of external hard drives - My Passport Ultra. The line includes models with a capacity of 500 GB, 1 and 2 TB, with the first two available for order right now, and the version with the largest amount of memory will go on sale much later - in the third quarter.

Among the features of My Passport Ultra in WD are high data transfer speed (due to the use of USB 3.0 interface), support for hardware data encryption, and a durable housing (all HDDs of the new series are covered by a three-year warranty that is valid in all countries of the world). All drives in the line come with proprietary WD SmartWare Pro software, which allows you to back up data not only to the HDD itself, but also to the Dropbox cloud storage.

The length and width of all representatives of the series are the same - 110 x 82 mm, respectively, but the thickness varies: for a 500 GB model it is 12,8 mm, for a 1 TB model it is 15,4 mm, for a 2 TB model it is 20,9, XNUMX mm. Each HDD comes with a cloth case to protect the drive from scratches during transport.

WD has already announced pricing for the 500GB and 1TB My Passport Ultra at $100 and $130, respectively. Pricing for 2TB drives will be announced at a later date.

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