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Vs. External Portable Hard Drive (Western Digital Passport)?
What is the difference? What is the best for a laptop?
Normally, external drives are larger and use the desktop hard drive inside. They also have the power cord which is separate plug in. They are generally larger capacity (more) and are faster. They are designed to put in one place most of the time. The portable units use small handheld devices. They derive their power through the USB port. This means that generally run slower and because its small size or low capacity. They are designed to be moved frequently, so they are a bit more "filling" of the fall, etc. are also more expensive. Unless you need the unit to be portable, go with the larger external hard drive. They are much cheaper per GB of storage.
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