Western Digital has just launched a new hard drive that they’re gearing towards Macbook Pro and Macbook Air owners.  How so?

First off the My Passport Studio sports the same durable, anodized aluminum enclosure as Apple’s laptops, which resists scratching and fingerprints. Sexy, but it’s performance and compatibility that really counts. So that’s why they’ve preformatted it for Mac computers and made it Time Machine ready right out of the box.

While Western Digital hasn’t pitched us on the internals (no word on spindle speed) and their durablity, this hard drive does rock dual Firewire 800 ports, which allows you to connect to your computer at blazing fast speeds and daisy chain another compatible hard drive if need be.

And for those of you with a Firewire 800 port, there is USB 2.0.  Which is a shame, because if they were really targeting the in crowd (by in crowd we mean Apple owners), they would have outfitted this storage device with a Thunderbolt port.  But alas, no such interface exists.

The My Passport Studio is available in 3 capacities (500GB, 700GB and 1TB) and weighs no more than .68lbs.   It starts at $129.99.

Over on Amazon, you can buy most anything cheap and easy, from TVs to home stereos to books to groceries.  But have you ever thought about buying your home theater accessories from them?

You will now – no more buying badly overpriced Monster cables for you, no sir or ma’am as the case may be.  Now, with Amazon Basics, you can pick up everything from HDMI cables to USB/Firewire cables to blank CDs and DVDs.

You can get free shipping on orders over $25 AND they promise that your gear will be shipped in “Frustration free packaging”, which I assume means “packaging you can open without the benefit of knives, heavy construction equipment and/or explosives”.

You can get cheap cables and such on Amazon already; you can get, for example, a six foot HDMI cable for one cent plus $3 shipping.  But the Amazon Basics gear comes with the Amazon brand name, plus you’ll get a warranty, something the third parties won’t do.  That and you can get a pack of blank DVDs for just over $18, which is pretty good as long as you get something else to qualify for free shipping.

So, not a bad move on Amazon’s part, I’d say–hopefully it works for them.

[via WalletPop]

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Features:

• Triple interface drive: USB, eSATA and Firewire 400
• 7200 rpm and 8MB buffer

Buy it: Western Digital 750GB External Hard Drive – $135

Features:

• Connect via Firewire 400/800 or USB 2.0
• 7200 RPM + shock and scratch resistant build

Buy it: LaCie Rugged All-Terrain External 120GB Hard Drive – $106