I don’t fully understand why hard drive companies like Western Digital make Mac-specific products when all of their products can be used on a Mac. In any case, it’s a good excuse for them to put out the same product with a slightly different look, and in this case, the newly announced Mac-compatible My Passport external hard drive is no exception. The subtle but distinctive silver-lining along the side of this My Passport hard drive really makes it look better than its plain black counterpart. But honestly, this is the same thing. Same thing. Exact same thing. SAME THING. NO DIFFERENCE. SAME THING.
In a couple of years, I’m sure I’ll look back at this post and think “Heh, I was all hyped up about storing a mere 2TB of data!”, but until then, I guess the LaCie Hard Disk MAX is a pretty decent deal at $270.
Somebody needs to explain to me how Gatorade, a division of PepsiCo, can get their newly relaunched brand identity so right while its parent company approves something like this. I mean, seriously, these new Gatorade bottles are way better than what Pepsi did with their latest logo blunder. I think I’ll see if I can pick up a Gatorade tomorrow with this new packaging. Yum!
So the recent news that Apple will soon do away with music with DRM really isn’t that big of a deal to me. This is only news to those who have been dumb enough not to understand that DRM — in any sort of medium — is absolute rubbish.
