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Western Digital's e-ink hard drive labels have jumped from the desktop to the pocket with its new My Passport Studio portable HD. The Studio range will work with any computer, but has habitually been targeted at the Mac user, with its white case, FireWire 800 interface (along with USB) and a higher price. They also come ready-formatted for Mac use, but as this is something that takes seconds to do yourself, it's kind of pointless.
The updated drives get a similar e-ink panel to that on the bigger My Book drives. The display, which remains on even when the drive is disconnected, shows the name of the disk, along with the capacity in both numerical and graphical forms. We prefer this to glowing LEDs, anytime, although the annoying WD SmartWare software that comes pre-loaded, and insinuates its way onto your desktop every time you mount the drive, should be euthanized immediately.
The My Passport Studio comes in 320GB, 500GB and 640GB sizes, for $150, $180 and $200. Available now.
My Passport Studio [Western Digital]
