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title: Western Digital My Passport Essential SE (USB 3.0)
date: 2010-11-26 08:49:03
permalink: https://lesterchan.net/blog/2010/11/26/western-digital-my-passport-essential-se-usb-3-0/
author: Lester Chan
excerpt: "Hooted the Western Digital My Passport Essential SE 1TB with USB 3.0 from SITEX 2010 for S$189.90, down from S$209.90. It's my first USB 3.0 device despite owning no computer that supports it yet, purely for future-proofing."
categories:
  - Storage
tags:
  - "2010"
  - hard drive
  - My Passport
  - portable hard drive
  - Sitex
  - USB 3.0
  - Western Digital
---

Hooted the My Passport Essential SE (1TB) (USB 3.0) from SITEX 2010 for S$189.90 (usual price is S$209.90). This is my first USB 3.0 device despite not having any computers that support USB 3.0. It is all about future proofing!

Since this portal harddrive supports USB 3.0, the connector on the harddrive itself is a USB 3.0 MicroUSB Port (which looks weird, see picture below) instead of the usual USB 2.0 MiniUSB port. But it is backward compatible meaning your USB 2.0 MicroUSB (NOT miniUSB) still can fit into the port.

USB 2.0 is called Hi-Speed, and now USB 3.0 is called Super Speed (SS).

[![Box Front](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4091/5207425387_a0f5ae02e3_z.jpg)](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4091/5207425387_c1333bb60b_o.jpg "Box Front")

[![Box Contents](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4153/5208022982_a5ae1b9c9c_z.jpg)](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4153/5208022982_e9ea6f78e0_o.jpg "Box Contents")

[![My Passport Essential SE (Silver)](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/5207425851_32461dc4f2_z.jpg)](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4130/5207425851_ea18ae7a37_o.jpg "My Passport Essential SE (Silver)")

[![USB 3.0 MicroUSB Female Port](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4086/5207426361_f378f5496a_z.jpg)](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4086/5207426361_d3bce6ff89_o.jpg "USB 3.0 MicroUSB Female Port")

[![USB 3.0 Cable](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4148/5207426917_55326502b7_z.jpg)](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4148/5207426917_5567093178_o.jpg "USB 3.0 Cable")

[![USB 3.0 MicroUSB Male Connector](https://farm6.static.flickr.com/5286/5208024514_a3290f3ecf_z.jpg)](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5286/5208024514_21eecee971_o.jpg "USB 3.0 MicroUSB Male Connector")