Don’t be deceived by the pictures. They are not of either 2TB or they are manipulated. The drive is not slim as shown in the pictures. Its 2.2 cm in thickness. Its not slim. But you can’t complain for that as it comes with a massive storage of 2TB.
It comes with what it says. 2TB( 20, 00, 36, 52, 89, 472 Bytes) . Available space after formatting to Mac Extended Journaled format is Full 2TB( less than 1 GB used) . I thought that would be around 1.7TB, but its not. Its Full 2TB available for storage.
3.Comes with some softwares which are almost useful to none. WD Security app might be useful for windows users as it will encrypt the data but beware, if you forgot your password for the drive or your drive is partially corrupted, then you loose your data completely. For Mac if you want to encrypt your data, you can just format the drive in Disk Utilities to Mac journaled Encrypted format.
Speed. I have formatted the drive in HFS+( Mac Format), No encryption, Connected to USB 3.0, with MacBook Pro Retina with internal SSD( SSD can read around 480MBps - So its not the limiting one) . I got the Write speed around 70-115 MB/s for large continuous files.
Read speed around 80-120 MB/s.( Variable, depends on file location.)
The quality, look and feel is almost the same as WD My Passport 1 TB except the size~ thickness.Matte finish. No external power required.
The drive is getting a little hotter after continuous writing for an hour.
The cable is short around 1feet but it will be okay with laptops.
The build quality is same as of WD My Passport . May break when it falls directly on hard surface. They are all the same.
No driver spinning sound but very slight vibration. The light on the HDD is very small LED, doesn’t disturb you at all.
I didn’t find any difference between my previous WD My Passport 1TB and this WD My Passport Ultra 2TB except for an increase in size. Mind you, its not slim, its 2.2cms in thickness. Don’t be fooled by the pictures. They are deceiving.
Finally its a good buy. 2TB which don’t require external power. Other options - WD My Passport 2TB, Buffalo MiniStation 2TB( Comes in glossy finish