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If you prefer your Passports to sport the same Mac sensibilities as your go-to work machines, Western Digital has upgraded said portable hard drives for the aforementioned laptop variety. The My Passport for Mac family of external HDDs have received the same USB 3.0 boost and increased 2TB capacity that the regular ol’ My Passport got cozy with back in the spring. However, the Apple flavored offerings tout Time Machine compatibility and a ruggedized WD Nomad casing that should keep your files safe from dust, moisture and unintentional drops. Options include 500GB and 1TB units as well, with prices ranging from $99 on up to $200 for the 2TB portable drive. The entire trio is available now and a few more details await in the full press release that follows.

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Most portable storage devices like external hard drives are not the best lookers around when it comes to design, but ADATA has a statement to make with their latest offering, the ADATA DashDrive HV610 USB 3.0 External Hard Drive. I guess that taking a glance at it, you would surely agree that this is a fashionable puzzle piece design that comes with its very own slide-out smart cover that adds to the overall convenience, considering how this is a novel method of storing the transmission cable when it is not in use.

As for data transfer speeds, you need not fret – especially when the ADATA DashDrive HV610 USB 3.0 External Hard Drive will play nice with the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface that is all the rage these days, sporting a theoretical data transfer speed of up to 10 times that of USB 2.0, making it a snap for you to send those Full HD movies over to the ADATA DashDrive HV610 USB 3.0 External Hard Drive in the blink of an eye, when previously you could even cook up a meal while you wait.

The ADATA DashDrive HV610 USB 3.0 External Hard Drive will feature a body that comes in a couple of attractive monochrome patterns, where each of them will feature interlocking shiny and matte puzzle piece lines. The HV610 itself has a cool ice-blue cover that can be removed easily to hold the USB cable when not in use, delivering style and practicality in a single package.

Depending on your needs, you will be able to choose from 500GB and 1TB capacities for the ADATA DashDrive HV610 USB 3.0 External Hard Drive, which will retail for $79.99 and $99.99, respectively. You can opt for either cool black or twinkling white colors, and have the added bonus of downloading Norton Internet Security 2012 anti-virus software (60 day trial version) for free, not to mention being on the receiving end of a 3 year warranty service for added peace of mind.

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