Western Digital MyBook Portable USB Drive

The Western Digital "My Book" portable drives have been one of the most widely accepted USB portable drives on the market. PC and Mac users alike have been snapping them up to supplement the hard drive storage that comes with a new system. With the advent of video and the fact that 10 minutes of uncompressed video from a camcorder requires about 2GB of drive space for storage purposes, additional drive space has become a requirement for many as opposed to being a luxury. What is really nice is to be able to load all of the family videos and photos on a drive and take it along when we go for a visit.There are many people working from home or operationg small businesses from their home. Backing up their data files is a must in order to keep thje business going. Consequently USB portable drives are proliferating and Western Digital has captured a large portion of the market. The Western Digital Portable USB drives can be seen at as low as $85 for a 1TB drive.