Yes, no need for external power is hawt, but their other passport drives pull more power from a single USB port than many laptops provide. This renders them useless, and worse... can corrupt data. The WD passport series draws more power from the USB port than is officially supported by USB standards.
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Yes, no need for external power is hawt, but their other passport drives pull more power from a single USB port than many laptops provide. This renders them useless, and worse... can corrupt data. The WD passport series draws more power from the USB port than is officially supported by USB standards.