Storage for Photographers | WD Western Digital Introduces Thunderbolt Powered My Passport Pro Portable Hard Drive
© 2014 WD Western Digital | My Passport Pro | Thunderbolt Portable Hard Drive
NOTE : Before I move on, I just wanted to let you know that this is not a sponsored articles, I just wanted to let you know that I get an invitation for the launching of this new portable hard drive from Western Digital here in Kuala Lumpur recently but due to busy work schedule covering Malaysia Airlines MH370 Press Conference, I did not make it to the events. Anyway this is not a review because I didn’t have it with me to try it out but just wanted to let you know, especially to all photographers out there, now that you have a new portable hard drive with Thunderbolt support to help you work effortlessly, I mean faster.
*Currently I’m using two Western Digital My Book Studio Hard Disk for my workstation.
My Passport® Pro, Featuring Bus-Powered, User-Selectable RAID Storage in Capacities Up to 4 TB, Delivers High Speed and True Portability for Creative Pros on the Go.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 4 April 2014 – WD®, a Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) company, and world leader in storage solutions for the connected life, today introduced My Passport® Pro, the first portable, Thunderbolt™-powered dual-drive solution, providing creative professionals and enthusiasts high performance and capacity in a truly mobile solution. For Mac systems, My Passport Pro has user-selectable RAID functionality to deliver needed performance for the most demanding applications in the field, without the need for power adapters or extra cables. My Passport Pro is available in 2 TB and 4 TB capacities.
“The only Thunderbolt dual-drive solution that’s bus-powered, WD’s My Passport Pro enhances the workflow of mobile creative professionals by providing fast transfers and data protection for the large amounts of digital content they generate outside the studio,” said Jim Welsh, executive vice president of branded products and worldwide sales, WD. “From photographers, videographers and musicians to graphic designers and architects, people who depend on portable storage for their livelihood will find My Passport Pro defines a new level of performance, reliability and especially portability.”
“Thunderbolt™ technology makes new approaches possible for high-performance workflows,” said Jason Ziller, Intel’s Director of Thunderbolt Marketing. “By combining dual storage drives on a portable, bus-powered device, the My Passport Pro from WD is a uniquely powerful storage solution with high capacity for today’s demanding users.”
Directly powered via the integrated Thunderbolt cable — a design unique to WD — performance of My Passport Pro clocks in at speeds up to 233 MB/s, providing super-fast transfer, edit and backup capabilities. Another key feature of the dual-drive My Passport Pro is its user-selectable RAID function, which lets users choose data striping (RAID 0) for high performance or mirroring (RAID 1) for data redundancy, depending on the user’s needs.
Superior to both FireWire 800 and USB 3.0, the integrated Thunderbolt technology of My Passport Pro makes video manipulation quick and easy—with the ability to copy a 22 GB high-definition video file in half the time typically required by a USB 3.0 drive working in RAID 0 format. Consisting of two 2.5-inch hard drives housed in a sleek aluminum enclosure, My Passport Pro is thoroughly shock-tested for extra durability to perform reliably when working on the go.
Pricing and Availability
My Passport Pro will be available immediately at select retailers and will be distributed by Amble Action Sdn Bhd and Eternal Asia Sdn Bhd in Malaysia. Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of My Passport Pro 2 TB is RM 999, and RM 1,399 for the 4 TB. The price maybe a little bit too expensive to some of you, but that is the price that we have to pay for portability and speed.
Below is the list of shops that are currently selling the My Passport Pro units in Kuala Lumpur:
Low Yat: C-Zone, Sri Computers, Viewnet
Digital Mall : All IT, C-Zone Ground Floor
Machines (Apple) : KLCC, Empire Subang, Mid Valley
