Western Digital Corporation, today introduced its fastest WD ® brand portable drive yet, the My Passport™ SSD.
Featuring blazing-fast speeds and award-winning design, the new My Passport SSD compliments the company’s leading portfolio of My Passport palm-sized storage devices.
Designed for content creators and tech enthusiasts, the new My Passport SSD combines exceptional speed and portability to manage massive files on the go.
“Our fastest portable drive yet, the My Passport SSD is a powerful solution for people who need to move content quickly and easily wherever life takes them.” – Sven Rathjen, vice president of marketing, Client Solutions, Western Digital.
A New State of Storage
Featuring speeds of up to 515 MB/s*, the My Passport SSD is the fastest My Passport drive offered by the WD brand.
The new, super fast drive is designed for the latest generation of computers with a USB Type-C™ port and is USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10Gb/s) ready with a USB Type-C to Type-C cable and an adapter to use with the more traditional USB Type-A ports found on many computers.
Built for PC and compatible with Mac, My Passport SSD offers peace-of- mind with 256-bit AES hardware encryption and password protection, and is also 6.5-foot drop tested for shock-resistance to withstand 1500G of force, to help keep precious data safe.
My Passport SSD is the perfect storage solution to rapidly manage large photo and video libraries, quickly back up files and important documents, run virtual machines from, or expand your SSD-laptop storage anywhere you take your computer.
The new drive is available in 1TB, 512GB and 256GB capacities, and comes with WD Backup™ software that enables users to automatically back up their stuff.
Pricing and Availability
The My Passport SSD is backed by a three-year limited warranty, and will be available at select retailers and distributors starting 07 July 2017.
The My Passport SSD has a Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of RM2,099/1TB, RM1,039/512GB and RM579/256GB, respectively.
Western Digital partners online retailer, Lazada with an exclusive launch to offer consumers with a special 2-week promotion starting today until 06 July 2017. For more information on the promotion, please visit http://bit.ly/2rC2aZt.
For more information of My Passport SSD, including terms of the limited warranty, please visit the company website at https://www.wdc.com/products/portable-storage/my-passport-ssd.html.
