Perfect - Simplicity, light, and HUGE Capacity This USB drive is exactly what I was looking for, large capacity (500 GB), feels durable, compact and light, and simple to use on my Dell or Mac. Requires no electric power, and is so compact that it doesn't feel like I have anything else in my brief bag.
I bought in combination with the rubber skin (Premium Silicone Sleeve Case for Western Digital WD Passport Essential Elements Portable 2.5" Hard Drive - (Hard Drive NOT included!!)) - which added no "bulk" - only protection.
[Western Digital WDME5000TN 500GB 2.5" USB Hard Drive - Black review by John Schinter can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0  |
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| Reviewed by: | John Schinter | | Review Date: | 11/16/2008 | | User Location: | Chicago, IL | | Review From: | User Review |  |  |
100% (11 of 11) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Finally, a Western Digital Passport Essential in 500 GB!!!
The Western Digital My Passport Essential 500 GB USB Portable Drive adds a larger capacity to a brand of hard-drive I have come to rely on. For the longest time, I have used these WD passport drives for my portable backups. Finally a 500 GB model is here. The Western Digital My Passport Essential 320GB was the largest capacity you could get for a while.
WD has been increasing variety by adding a variety of colors including black, red, yellow, white and blue. But other than t...
[Western Digital WDME5000TN 500GB 2.5" USB Hard Drive - Black review by Mark "Technology, Music and Mo can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Mark "Technology, Music and Mo | | Review Date: | 11/22/2008 | | User Location: | East Coast | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
95% (23 of 24) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Nice. This product is just as described, and quite nice. It's a great price for it's size; portable and no need for an A/C adapter, just a usb plug. The plug and play factor and weight is the largest plus of this, in my opinion. The only downsides I've come across by far is the finger-print-stained cover; it's best to keep a plastic cover or something over it, to keep it clear and finger print free. And, I didn't quite expect the WD program to be inside; it's somewhat troublesome for me, but it's not ...
[Western Digital WDME5000TN 500GB 2.5" USB Hard Drive - Black review by C. Yen can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | C. Yen | | Review Date: | 11/06/2008 | | User Location: | CA USA | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
90% (9 of 10) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Very impressive Drive! Quick summery, Works as advertised, easy to format to ntfs usable drive space on 500 is 465 the same as the previous My Book, it needs no external (additional power). The heat generated is not really noticeable at all.
potential negative: little white flashing light, there is no more disc noise than an IPOD. The only warning I would give is the lack of a case, it really needs protection and should (in my opinion) only be transported or even stored in a case. However this can't ...
[Western Digital WDME5000TN 500GB 2.5" USB Hard Drive - Black review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 10/23/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
87% (34 of 39) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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LASTED FIVE (5) DAYS!!!! This absolute worthless piece of junk lasted for five days of mild use and I lost 500 gbs of photos. This is the 2nd Passport that I have problems with. Stick to a Lacie Rugged, Much better product. Oh yeah and DO NOT PURCHASE FROM "INFINITE SURPLUS" !!! They refused to take it back and asked me to go thru Western Digital directly even though it's only been 5 days. Scumbags. Stick to a decent company with a decent return policy.
[Western Digital WDME5000TN 500GB 2.5" USB Hard Drive - Black review by Carlos A. Arguelles can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 2.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Carlos A. Arguelles | | Review Date: | 12/24/2008 | | User Location: | Seattle, WA USA | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (6 of 6) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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excellent Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: works excellent. huge amount of space in a very portable package. usb powered. fast transfer rates. longer usb cable then older models. few co-workers of mine have the older version, theres doesnt quite reach the desktop from the front usb plugin, as does mine. keeps nice and cool.
Cons: not really a con, but for all you people out t...
[Western Digital WDME5000TN 500GB 2.5" USB Hard Drive - Black review by YoTOb! can be read at Newegg.com] | | Newegg.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | YoTOb! | | Review Date: | 11/25/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review |  | | |
100% (5 of 5) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Fantastic Drive Love love the drive. I can't believe all this storage space in something that fits in your pocket. This drive is fantastic for just about anything. I bought it to be used with a Western Digital TV to play HD content. Now I have 500GB of HD sweetness at my disposal.
The drive has an expensive look and feel to it. The piano black is stunning but also invites fingerprints and very easily scratched. Before I bought the drive from Amazon, I bought an invisibleShield for it to protec...
[Western Digital WDME5000TN 500GB 2.5" USB Hard Drive - Black review by HLN can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | HLN | | Review Date: | 11/26/2008 | | User Location: | Orlando, FL | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (5 of 5) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Great Hard Drive - Lots of Space and Easy to Use You can't beat having 500 GB in such a small sized case. I love that I can carry this around and not need a power cable to use it. The USB connection powers it. I use it to save all my video files that I use for video editing. Now I can edit video from my laptop anywhere! For the price, you can't beat it.
[Western Digital WDME5000TN 500GB 2.5" USB Hard Drive - Black review by Dreamer can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Dreamer | | Review Date: | 11/25/2008 | | User Location: | Manchester, CT USA | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (3 of 3) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Needs a little extra power Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
Pros: Great for carrying much needed info around (or music). Nice, small footprint. Transfer rates aren't bad. Very sleek and stylish.
Cons: Most of the time, you need to plug the USB plug into the rear USB ports of the computer to get enough power for the computer to recognize it. See other thoughts.
Other Thoughts: On some computers, there is not e...
[Western Digital WDME5000TN 500GB 2.5" USB Hard Drive - Black review by mkow99 can be read at Newegg.com] | | Newegg.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | mkow99 | | Review Date: | 12/02/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (3 of 3) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Excellent Product Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Very versatile, very quiet and lots of memory in one little product.
Cons: None
Other Thoughts: I love the fact that even tho it's really small in size, it has an iternal fan which keeps it cool if you use your computer and the external hard drive a lot. It has a very glossy finish which makes it very attra...
[Western Digital WDME5000TN 500GB 2.5" USB Hard Drive - Black review by CarbonZ08 can be read at Newegg.com] | | Newegg.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | CarbonZ08 | | Review Date: | 12/03/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
75% (3 of 4) Users Found This Review Helpful |