An extensive collection of hands-on, no-nonsense reviews on portable drives — external storage devices that connect to a host via USB or Thunderbolt standards. Hint: You can’t have fast speed via USB 2.0.
Despite the similarly rugged design, the WD Black P50 Game Drive SSD is in an entirely different league from the P10 that came out in early 2019. The new portable drive, first released in late 2019, houses an NVMe SSD inside to deliver many times the speed of its older …
The all-new WD My Passport SSD of 2020, first announced late last month, is different from the previous models. It now has a different look, a slightly larger physical size, and, most importantly, much faster. But it inherits some valuable similarities, too, from the rugged design to the built-in hardware …
If you search for a portable drive, chances are you’ll run into a WD My Passport from Western Digital. For years, this brand has been a popular and safe choice of storage on the go. The latest version ups the storage space to 5TB with the suggested retail price of …
The WD Black P10 is the first in a series of Game Drives announced earlier this month. But you don’t need to be a gamer to appreciate it. The portable drive is fast in my testing, and its rugged, cool-looking design is a boon for any user. On the downside, …
The My Passport SSD 2018 version, available up to 2TB, is a bit of a surprise. Even though it appears very similar to a namesake drive that shipped last year, it’s different enough to qualify as a new portable drive entirely. For one, it’s faster, in fact, one of the fastest …
