Amazon offers WD 20TB hard drive at $279

Amazon is offering a big discount on the Western Digital 20TB Elements external hard drive. The price is now $279, down from $550. This means it costs about 0.01 dollars for each gigabyte of storage. Storage prices have been decreasing as technology improves. Not long ago, owning one terabyte seemed excessive. Now, you can find even higher capacities in small devices, like microSD cards. Setting up the WD Elements hard drive is simple. Users just need to plug it into a USB Type-A port with the included cable. Once connected, it appears in the file manager, making it easy to access files. However, because of its large size, the drive requires an AC adapter for power. Small drives can usually run just from the USB connection, but this one needs to be plugged into a wall outlet. For Mac users, the drive needs formatting before use. This process is easy and involves using the Disk Utility app. Users should remember to back up any important data, as formatting will erase everything on the drive. Though the hard drive can work with gaming consoles like Xbox or PlayStation, it's not ideal for storing games. It’s recommended to use a different product, like the WD_BLACK D50 SSD, for better performance when gaming.