Has anyone seen/bought the MK6006GAH 60GB hard disk?
Has it started shipping to us mere mortals yet?

Need one ASAP…
And i’m in Australia… dunno it that’s gonna hinder my perchase…

Ta,
  Rich.

There was a discussion on this before and for some reason it cannot be used in our TR’s (I assume that’s the reason you want it).

The only post I could find that indicated the drive couldn’t be used in the TR was because the 60GB was thicker.  But according the the Toshiba website the drives are the same size.

I did also see a post that the Hitachi and Toshiba drives are different so if your TR has a Hitachi you have to upgrade to a Hitachi and if you have a Toshiba you have to upgrade to a Toshiba.  The drives aren’t the same shape apparently.

But other than that I did not find anything that said we couldn’t upgrade when the proper drive comes out.

Well the best bet if you really need the MK6006GAH HDD is to wait.  Otherwise your only option right now is the MK4004GAH.  Right now it looks like January, but they are suspose to start shipping in the fourth quarter sometime. 

There is a difference between the HITACHI and TOSHIBA interface type and the dimensions are slightly different too.  This will not hinder changing the brand of HDD in your TR.  It just means that extra part will need to be purchased to make the upgrade.

This is the HITACHI:

This is the TOSHIBA:

Further specs about these drives can be found at these sites:
MK6006GAH:  
MK4004GAH:  

C4K40:  

I’ve already got a MK4004GAH fitted, so it’s be a straight swap for me…
I just need lots more GBs!

Hi!

Do any of the Sony Vaio notebooks use the MK6006GAH (60GB drive) Toshiba drive? I’ve gone through the US and Japan sites and the models that I know have the 1.8 drives all top out at 40GB.

When I emailed Sony about the part number for the above Toshiba model they sent back the following

  Item 1 - 60GB HDD, A1065502A—$329.77 ea.

  1-800-488-7669

  http//servicesales.sel.sony.com/

The price is around what I would expect for the 1.8. It’s too high for a standard 2.5 inch drive. However the tech I talked too couldn’t confirm this was indeed the MK6006GAH. (I couldn’t tell whether he just didn’t understand or whether the information wasn’t there..)

Has anyone found more information? I really need the extra space (again)

Thanks much!

Emi ^_^

It’s curious. I’m only worried since there doesn’t seem to be any known Sony model here or abroad that uses a 60GB 1.8” drive. I’m almost tempted to buy it to check and then return it if it’s the wrong thing. I’ll consider it…

Well?  did curiosity get the better of ya and did you get one?  Is it the 60GB drive i so badly need?

Does anyone know approximately when Toshiba will be distributing the MK6006GAH/MK8008GAH hard drives?

Thanks

Somebody must know out there….  pleeeease!!!!!!

just get a portable hd. i use an external 2.5” 40gb for 70dollars

even if you do find a 60gb toshiba 1.8” the price would be rediculous

[quote author=“jso902”]just get a portable hd. i use an external 2.5” 40gb for 70dollars

even if you do find a 60gb toshiba 1.8” the price would be rediculous

Been thru that one in another post…  I need more than 40gb IN my lappy…  and i’ve already got an external drive ta…

I’m one of the people who’ve been eagerly awaiting this drive - is there anyone here “in the know”, who might have an idea whether the 600GAH is actually ever going to appear? I believe the mp3 players featuring it are already on the market - does this idnicate that there’s never going to be a bare drive available to consumers?

Any help appreciated… I’m one of the people with older drives experiencing intermittent failures, so I’m in two minds a bit as to whether to wait for the 600 o just go for the 400 now.

Chris

there’s only one way to find out.. order it. sony dapc has a 15 day return policy. the 60gb hdd in PCG-T91S could be the toshiba MK6006GAH..

The 1.8-inch 30GB and 60GB HDDs will begin shipping in the fourth quarter 2004.

Source: “Toshiba Develops 60GB 1.8’ Hard Drives” Designtechnica.com

Mass production of the new drives will start in the third quarter of fiscal year 2004 (October–December)

Source: Toshiba’s Official Press Release

Therefore, we should hear something soon from Toshiba…