WD My Passport Essential 160GB USB 2.0 2.5" External Hard Drive WDME1600TN Midnight Black

Pros: -Small form factor -USB Powered -Relatively Cheap

Cons: - Short USB Cable (but really isn't that big of a deal for me)

Overall Review: I use this drive to keep backups of all my movies/music and to ease switching between desktop & laptop to watch a movie on. For that, this device is great.

Pros: * Shell Shocker deal - Got this during one of NewEgg's Shell Shocker promotions. I ended up making off with an excellent on-the-go hard drive that effectively replaces my USB key drives. * Black Finish - Looks excellent, unless you get up close, it's difficult to see the scratches. (see Cons) * Power light next to the mini USB port is a nice touch. * Comes with additional WD backup and formatting software. * Size - 160 GB is plenty for all of my music, documents, TV shows, and a few games and applications. On the physical side, it's as wide as a typical wallet and just a little bit longer. This makes it excellent for pockets...

Cons: * Unfortunately, the construction of this device means that it's power requirements can only be satisfied by a direct USB connection to your computer. A USB hub won't give the device enough power to operate, and the machine will show a drive error, instead. Additionally, USB cables which are too long generate the same issue. WD gives you a cable to go with it (about 1.5 feet long), but if you wanted to take this everywhere, you'd either have to count on someone having a USB cable with a mini-plug that's short enough, or bring your own cable. * Seems very solid, but can be a scratch magnet. Overall, this is very minor.

Overall Review: I reformatted the device as soon as I got it, but WD gives you the ability to download the software from their website at a later point. I installed VLC player on it, and listen to all 16 GBs of my music at work without fail.

Pros: Small, compact, good-looking. Works as advertized. Purchased for backing up digital images and files from my laptop PC when on a photo trip. One reviewer mentioned it was slow, but this drive is as fast as my larger WD non-portable external USB hard disk drives. Also much faster than burning images to DVDs. One reviewer said the USB cord was too short. It is but the USB cord for my Nikon camera works and it's 4 feet long. and the short cord workis fine with my laptop PC.

Cons: It does not make coffee in the morning.

Overall Review: Great price from Newegg.com Drive fits into one of the zippered pockets on my laptop PC carrying case. I could not be happier with Newegg.com Incredible service and this drive came free delivery in two days!

Pros: Looks great and its pretty durable. Dropped it twice from about 2 feet the first day. Still ran fine. A lot more confidence in its construction.

Cons: None yet.

Overall Review: Super portable! Fits right in your pocket.

Pros: Pros: -Small -Sleek -No external power supply -Respectable transfer speeds

Cons: Cons: -Scratches too easy -Need a decent amount of power (wont boot with an usb cord extender i have) -Vibration! Overall = -1

Overall Review: I got this from the shell shocker deal they ran. Even though its only 160 gigs, I wanted something that was small and didn't need external power, so this fit the bill. The only big con is that this thing *vibrates*, which can be bad for the hard drive inside. The stoppers at the bottom only make it worst (poor engineering). My suggestion would be to remove them, and use some type of shielding (i'm going ot use invisible shield after i buff out the scratches) so that you can lay it perfectly flat on a table/desk. This drastically reduces the vibrations and should increase disk life. Aside from the vibration issue, this thing rocks!

Pros: This fast drive is perfectly slim, doesn't add a lot of clutter. I'm no neat freak, but I hate tangled up cords and bulky power bricks that I don't want to have to carry around in my laptop bag anyway. Plus it matches my black MacBook. Fits anywhere too, about as thick as an iPod (feel free to disagree with me).

Cons: Shiny plastic casing will scratch real easy... but oh well, doesn't bother me. Not like it has a screen, right?

Overall Review: Since it's small, I'm always nervous I'll bump it with my elbow and send it flying off the table. Heh. Just place it away from your elbows I guess!

Pros: Small and sleek. No extra power cord needed. Just plug it in and go. Quiet. Lots of storage space.

Cons: Documentation is pretty weak. Had to finally contact them directly to figure out how their backup program works and its really not much of a backup. Better to just manually back things up yourself (if that's what you are using it for). Seems a little slow, but then I've usually got a lot to transfer when I use it.

Overall Review: Overall, I'm happy with it. Mostly, I'm thrilled that I don't need another power cord like other portable drives and I love how small it is.

Pros: Works as advertised. Perfect for quick backups

Cons: A little slow

Overall Review: I bought this just to backup my documents, music, videos, and pictures from my Desktop. It works great.