jason@madnix.UUCP (Jason Blochowiak) (03/06/90)
dcw@lcs.mit.edu (David C. Whitney) writes: > [Nuked stuff related to EEPROMS and the like] > [Mentions a SCSI RAM disk, using SIMMs] > RAM is about twice as expensive now as hard disks were >two years ago (yeah, a bad comparison). I estimate that in a year or >two RAM prices for small amounts will cost roughly the same as the >same amount of magnetic memory. Whoa! I can pick up an 80Mb SCSI HD (like a HH 5.25" SeaGate) that's fairly quick for $500. Now, just to make life easier for me, lets say that RAM is going for $50 a meg (and if anyone can find 80ns quality SIMMs for that, _please_ let me know...). Now, $50*80=$4000, so that's what, 8 times as much? I've been told (haven't really looked) that it's possible to get a 20Mb drive for $109, and that's about 10 times cheaper than the same amount of RAM. This isn't even getting into 3.5" disks, where you can pick up a meg for a few bucks - granted, there are speed differences ;). I've seen some pretty serious RAM price fluctuation recently, but I don't think that it's probable that RAM prices will continue to take such a serious dive. So, did I just really misread your post, am I missing something, or do you think that RAM prices will actually continue to drop at the rate that they have been? >Dave Whitney >dcw@sun-bear.lcs.mit.edu ...!mit-eddie!sun-bear!dcw dcw@athena.mit.edu -- Jason Blochowiak - jason@madnix.UUCP or, try: astroatc!nicmad!madnix!jason@spool.cs.wisc.edu "Education, like neurosis, begins at home." - Milton R. Saperstein
dcw@lcs.mit.edu (David C. Whitney) (03/07/90)
In article <1149@madnix.UUCP> jason@madnix.UUCP (Jason Blochowiak) writes: >dcw@lcs.mit.edu (David C. Whitney) writes: >> [Nuked stuff related to EEPROMS and the like] >> [Mentions a SCSI RAM disk, using SIMMs] >> RAM is about twice as expensive now as hard disks were >>two years ago (yeah, a bad comparison). > > Whoa! I can pick up an 80Mb SCSI HD (like a HH 5.25" SeaGate) that's >fairly quick for $500. > >>Dave Whitney >>dcw@sun-bear.lcs.mit.edu ...!mit-eddie!sun-bear!dcw dcw@athena.mit.edu > Jason Blochowiak - jason@madnix.UUCP >or, try: astroatc!nicmad!madnix!jason@spool.cs.wisc.edu I was talking about a complete HD system. If I open up a MacWEEK or Macworld and flip to an ad for a HD, then I see prices of $400 for 20MB and then it goes up. I was thinking in terms of the average joe who doesn't want to build his own. At that price, RAM is about 3 times as much per meg as a HD (80ns for roughly $65 these days). -- Dave Whitney dcw@sun-bear.lcs.mit.edu ...!mit-eddie!sun-bear!dcw dcw@athena.mit.edu My employer pays me well. This, however, does not mean he agrees with me. I wrote Z-Link & BinSCII. Send me bug reports. I use a //GS. Send me Tech Info.