WD My Passport Essential SE 1 TB Black Portable Hard Drive (USB 3.0/2.0)

Title : WD My Passport Essential SE 1 TB Black Portable Hard Drive (USB 3.0/2.0)
ASIN : B004445JK4
Features :

• Hard disk drive capacity: 1000 GB
• Internal: N
• Hard disk rotational speed: -
• Hard disk interface: USB 3.0;USB 2.0
• Hard disk size: -

category: Products
brand: Western Digital
Item Page Detail URL : link
Rating : 4.1
Review : New generation
I'm giving this little beauty top marks not for speed of transfer, but for it's neat small size and huge capacity. It has a proffesional 'quality,' feel about it and is around 75% the size of my WD250 gig USB portable hard drive.

Okay, speed and differences between USB2 and USB3. First noticeable thing is the port on the side of the drive. It's not the same as a USB2. It consists of two small flat ports joined, one of which appears to be similar to the one found on an HTC phone. This means you won't have a cable lying around to fit it. It does come with the correct cable of which the computer end is a standard USB type A fitting. It is short though at 45cm so that may mean you need a longer cable in some situations. Speed will only be faster that USB2 if you fit a new PCI Express expansion port to your computer. This isn't a problem if you have a spare expansion slot on your computer, are happy to furtle around inside (not difficult but some people don't enjoy it) and of...