Hi all, I am wonderinf what is the difference between WD My Passprt and WD My Book Essentials, in terms of performance? How come My Passport is more compact and also cheaper?! I want to store video and run them frequently directly from the WD drive. Which one you suggest? WD My Passprt: [image] …

The Passport is a USB powered drive and My Book Essentials is externally powered. I think the Passport has a 2.5 inch drive and Essential is 3.5 inch. Personally if I was going to use a drive to run much video I’d want one with a fan for better cooling. What ever drive you choose make sure it is not…

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masud_809 October 16, 2012, 1:40am 3

Thanks. If anyone has more info on this, I would be glad to hear that.