Re: [Sheflug] RAM

[gary p mitchell <nospam [at] tilion.org>]

On Sat, Mar 10, 2001 at 10:42:07AM +0000, Alex Hudson wrote:
> Have I gone mad?
> 
> Has the world gone mad?
> 
> I've just been to Insight UK. 256Mb SD-RAM: PC100 / 168DIMM. Guess how
> much? 77. 
> 
> Including VAT.
> 
> When did this happen??!?  It's 30p / Mb, isn't it?? And that's _after_
> VAT, before VAT it's 26p!
> 
> My next machine is coming with half a gig. Minimum. Maybe even a gig :)
> 300 for a gig of RAM!! That's silly, I remember when hard drives that
> big cost more.
> 
> Next question: can anyone tell me if anyone's selling it CHEAPER???
> 
> /me crosses fingers and prays for the AMD dual athlon mobos, supposedly
> out Q2 IIRC...

<delurk>

Hi,

Though note these lines from yesterday's Register article on this very subject:

	Today memory reseller Insight was offering 128Mb PC 100 DIMMs for
	£33.99. An Insight salesperson said prices were "at rock bottom" at
	the moment, but were about "to rocket".

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/17482.html

Gary

<lurk>

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