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Western Digital My Passport Edge

Based on 13 reviews

Excellent:

3
Good:

4
Average:

6
Bad:

0

Pros

Compact drive.
Speedy USB 3.0 interface.
Superb design.
Useful included software.
PC and Mac compability.
Three-year warranty.

Cons

Expensive.
Tops out at 500GB.
Single USB 3.0 interface only.

By APC Magazine on January 16, 2013

Passport Edge is a new line of drives that includes both the excellent SmartWare backup software as well as hardware encryption. We've waxed lyrical about SmartWare in...

90
By HotHardware on December 06, 2012

What the My Passport Edge has going for it is that it’s delightfully compact, offers a more-than-adequate 500GB capacity, and includes useful software, which is sufficient for us to confidently recommend this little backup storage unit.

80
By Hardware.Info on November 30, 2012

The WD My Passport Edge is a nice external hard disk with decent performance. It's compact and light, and comes with lots of useful software. It's a good option for an average price of £72, even if we would have liked to see better performance.

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By LegitReviews on November 20, 2012

The WD My Passport Edge is a great portable hard drive that quickly backs up files and is small enough to fit in your pocket!

85
By PC Advisor on November 20, 2012

Ignore the ‘for Mac' label of this most portable of portable hard drives. The Western Digital My Passport Edge for Mac is a highly pocketable external storage device for any PC platform, accelerated by its USB 3.0 interface. See: more...

90
By Computer Shopper on November 15, 2012

A serviceable external USB 3.0 portable drive with a better-than-average warranty and competitive performance, the My Passport Edge is hampered only by a slightly high cost per gigabyte....

70
By PCAdvisor on November 06, 2012

The Edge adds good looks and better transportability to the My Passport line. It's fast, but tops out at 500GB instead of the 2TB available with the non-Edge My Passport.

70
By PC Advisor on November 06, 2012

In the WD My Passport Edge portable drive , Western Digital delivers a drive with a solid combination of looks and performance, and throws an excellent software bundle to go with it. See all Storage reviews . The 500GB Western Digital My Passport...

70
By PCWorld on October 31, 2012

The Edge (not to be confused with the guitar player) adds good looks and better transportability to the My Passport line. It's fast, but tops out at 500GB instead of the 2TB available with the non-Edge My Passport.

70
By StorageReview on October 28, 2012

The WD My Passport Edge for PC offers 500GB of storage in an enclosure that's barely taller than the USB 3.0 plug it connects to. The design looks good for a product that's a little more value-focused than the all-metal Mac brother; but even...

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