{"id":88441,"date":"1999-12-31T00:53:00","date_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/first-ever-2tb-portable-drive-introd-by-wd\/"},"modified":"1999-12-31T00:53:00","modified_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:53:00","slug":"first-ever-2tb-portable-drive-introd-by-wd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/first-ever-2tb-portable-drive-introd-by-wd\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;First-Ever&#8217; 2TB Portable Drive Intro&#8217;d By WD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Western Digital has just upped the ante on its My Passport range which now includes the &#8216;first-ever&#8217; 2TB portable hard drive.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"400\" width=\"200\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/articleimages\/2012032710521960793_200x400.jpg\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The new range will consist of a 500GB, 750GB, 1TB and 2TB models. <\/p>\n<p>In addition to increased capacities, the new range is characterised by a more robust and finger-print resistant skin, which&nbsp;comes&nbsp;in five different colours. On board is USB 3.0 connectivity, backwards compatibility with USB 2.0 and continuous, automatic backup software. <\/p>\n<p>Up to 5Gb\/s of data can be transferred between the drive and a USB 3.0 device, with USB 2.0 transferring 480 Mb\/s. <\/p>\n<p>A password can be set up to protect the content of your drive in addition to its hardware encryption. <\/p>\n<p>As you&#8217;d expect from the&nbsp;storage aficionado, the drives come with included software. 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