Not sure where this kind of stuff is coming from but the drive is rated at 200G operating - 2000G non-operating shock. So unless you all planning on stapping your camera to the front bumber of your car - you don't have any worries about these things dying because the are dropped from 3 feet.
Sandisk Ultras are also rated at 2000g non-operating - the very same as the Microdrive.
I'm not trying to be argumentative here but it's very hard for me to believe that a miniature hard drive which has moving parts will stand as much shock as a solid state card. It defies the laws of physics.

