[Macworld]

Post your comments for WD My Passport Essential 500GB USB 3.0 here

[Martian]

I respectfully request that you put a USB 3.0 PCIe card (they are inexpensive) into one of your Mac Pros, and retest this drive.

This post has been edited by Martian: 16 August 2011 - 04:38 AM

[revco]

Martian, on 16 August 2011 - 04:37 AM, said:

I respectfully request that you put a USB 3.0 PCIe card (they are inexpensive) into one of your Mac Pros, and retest this drive.

USB 3.0 is brilliant. On my Mac with a USB 3.0 card connected to an external ASTONE dock I'm getting over 115MBps. What we really need is a Thunderbolt to USB3 adapter to take advantage of all these cheap fast drives.

[Petricola]

Note that Amazon has a 1 TB version of the same drive for $90, similar physical dimensions

[TeaEarleGreyHot]

revco, on 16 August 2011 - 05:36 AM, said:

What we really need is a Thunderbolt to USB3 adapter to take advantage of all these cheap fast drives.

You read my mind! Gimme a nice lil' dongle.

This post has been edited by TeaEarleGreyHot: 16 August 2011 - 09:23 AM

[rfmansfield]

I just picked up a 1 TB model--pre-formatted for the Mac--at the Apple Store in Louisville for $119.

[hollybayliss]

hi, about to purchase one of these drives, does anyone happen to know whether it is compatible with Sharp Aquos tv or the Sony blu ray player USB ports?