Buy.com has reduced the price on the Western Digital 250GB My Passport Essential portable hard drive (model no. WDME2500TN) by $60 from $149.99 to $89.99.

The Western Digital My Passport Essential features 160GB of space for storage or backing up your digital music, videos and photos as well as carrying important files and e-mail between work and home or on the road and keeping them in sync. It is compatible with both Mac (OS X 10.4.11+ ) and Windows (2000 +), a USB port is required. It is backed by a three year warranty from Western Digital. Dimensions: depth 5.0in., width 3.2in., height 0.6in., weight 0.4lbs.