While using the FireWire 800 connection, OWC’s Mercury On-The-Go FireWire 800/400 + USB 2.0 ( ) beat the My Passport Studio by a full 6 seconds, or 15 percent. This speed puts it on par with competing drives, but its FireWire 400 (51 seconds) and 800 (41 seconds) Turbo copy results were less than impressive. It took 52 seconds to copy a 1GB file while using the USB 2.0 Turbo connection. The results could have used a more significant boost with the turbo capabilities, because the drive’s scores were disappointing in our time trials.
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The results with the FireWire 400 and 800 connections were even less impressive on average, the connection speed only improved 2 to 3 seconds compared to the test results without the Turbo drivers installed.
On average, the USB connection was improved by only six percent with the Turbo drivers. The drivers are available on the drive itself (so don’t format the drive without looking first), or you can download the drivers from WD’s Web site.
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To use the My Passport Studio’s Turbo features, you need to install WD’s drivers. This is the first drive we’ve reviewed that offers FireWire 800 and 400 Turbo as well. Now, many external drives offer USB Turbo technology for the PC it’s not always available on the Mac. Western Digital’s My Passport Studio 500GBīack in 2007, Buffalo introduced USB Turbo technology that supposedly increased USB data transfer rates by up to 60 percent. No separate power source is required the drive uses power from USB or FireWire. Like many portable drives, the My Passport Studio doesn’t offer eSATA. Already formatted for the Mac, the My Passport Studio can be easily attached into a computer with your connection of choice-FireWire 800, FireWire 400, and USB 2.0. The external shell is simple, but what the drive lacks in stylistic verve it makes up for in ease of use. In our time trials, we found the Turbo drivers did boost the speed of the connection a bit, but we found that even with the boost the My Passport Studio is only an average performer. On top of it all, the My Passport Studio features what the company calls “Turbo” capabilities that is supposed to boost data transfer speeds. It’s compact, offers three different connection types, has a healthy amount of storage space, and comes with a five-year warranty.
On paper, the My Passport Studio 500GB has a lot going for it.
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