HITACHI 6GB Microdrive MD6GBBP

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2 x 2 x 0.5 inches ; 5.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0008D7B6U
• Item model number: MD6GBBP
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 22, 2005

Product Description

Product Description
Hitachi Microdrive 3K6 is a 3600 rpm, 1.0-inch hard disk drive designed to meet the needs of high-capacity, ultra-portable electronic devices. The drive holds more than its predecessor - more photos, more music, more data - in the same compact size. The new Microdrive 3K6 delivers a higher data rate for improved performance.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pretty incredible, really. Axim plus this equals PPC LifeDrive!, August 19, 2005

By	Christopher Wanko "-C" (Nutley, NJ USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

I needed storage for my new PDA, a Dell Axim 50v. I specifically went with an Axim because of the CF-II slot, knowing a microDrive would give me at least 4Gb of storage. Well, as things tend to improve over time, so did the storage capacity of these little babies. I took a plunge on the 6Gb model.

Now, a quick note about microDrives. If you intend to use one in a digital camera or PDA, you need a retail microDrive. The OEM ones or the ones harvested from MP3 players like the Creative Muvo2 or Rio Carbon are ROM masked to IDE mode. In short, they won't work in your PDA or digital camera, no matter how hard you hack. You either have to wait for the PDA's operating system to support IDE transfers on CompactFlash (and Microsoft's Windows Mobile 5 purports to do exactly this), or go retail.

I went retail, of course, getting the full manufacturer's warranty and the security of knowing it would work... and it sure did. 5.71Gb instantly seen (6Gb is the raw, unformatted number), and about twenty minutes later (slow external card reader), I had filled it with 600 songs.

I've been using it with my Axim for a few days now, and it's everything I expected. No problems this far, and it's a great feeling having a PDA that exceeds the Palm's hot new LifeDrive, for about $50 less.

-Fred

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CF+ compatibility is an issue for some, May 20, 2005

By	Michael B. Rovak "GoingPro" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This little device works great: my Canon PowerShot S50 liked it just fine and wanted to shoot 4000+ pictures.

However, the Konica Minolta A2 is not compatible with this device; use a conventional CF interface device instead. A2 only saw 2GB out of 6GB. The A2 has no problem with 4GB Compact Flash cards, I used a Kingston Elite Pro CF successfully.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I can't fill it up!, September 20, 2005

By	Hanif Payandeh "ProfessionalPhotographer" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

No i'm not being payed for this review, i just love this microdrive. I use it in my Nikon D70s digital SLR camera and I've never filled it up even half way. I can take nearly 2000 full quality Jpegs every time and I dump them on my computer every time i have like 200 or so. On my trip to the Grand Canyon I took something like 700 pictures so this is a VERY good drive for the $250 i dropped for it here at AMAzon.com. Don't be fooled by camera dealers claiming that this card won't work in your camera or something (I know I did when I was waiting for it to arrive) they just want to sell you a VERY EXPENSIVE "high speed" card. forget those. Buy this, you won't regret it. IF you do or it doesn't work in your camera or some thing, AMAZON has a very hassle free return policy. GREAT ITEM!