dh07+@andrew.cmu.edu (David Hairston) (01/11/90)
from an ad (pg 67) in MacWEEK, Jan '90: . 1M SIMMS, 80ns fast page, surface mount: $69.00, 5 yr gaurantee . i was gonna wait until the prices fell under $70 to buy, soon you'll be able to get 4M for $250 (at these rates). wasn't it just last year that that 1M cost over $250? -dave- hairston@henry.ece.cmu.edu
gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu (01/13/90)
I've been thinking: What a tremendous mistake apple has made by not unloading its DRAM stockpile on the open market last year at firesale prices ($150/1Mb). They could have written off the huge loss, and then started putting these $69 DRAMS into production macintoshes, at incredible savings. Does anyone know if Apple liquidated its DRAM stockpiles? Or are Mac buyers still paying for that overpurchasing mistake?
pophal@nicmad.UUCP (Gerry Pophal) (01/15/90)
In article <126900148@p.cs.uiuc.edu> gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu writes: > >I've been thinking: What a tremendous mistake apple has made by not >unloading its DRAM stockpile on the open market last year at firesale >prices ($150/1Mb). > >They could have written off the huge loss, and then started putting these >$69 DRAMS into production macintoshes, at incredible savings. > >Does anyone know if Apple liquidated its DRAM stockpiles? Or are Mac >buyers still paying for that overpurchasing mistake? I just ordered some simms from Technology Works on 1/13/90. They claimed to be manufacturing SIMMs for Apple. I'm don't know exactly what this means regarding Apples SIMM stockpile but thought it was interesting anyway. gp
oplinger@jupiter.crd.ge.com (B. S. Oplinger) (01/15/90)
In article <126900148@p.cs.uiuc.edu> gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu writes: >Does anyone know if Apple liquidated its DRAM stockpiles? Or are Mac >buyers still paying for that overpurchasing mistake? We just had (right before Christmas) a big buy apple seminar from NyNex (New York telephone who also sell computer equipment at 30% off). They had memory upgrades from Apple list $999 for 4MEG. Gosh what a deal, what a buy. Apple buys memory when it is expensive and tries to recover it at 4x market value. After all, a corporate type buying a computer will most likely say something along the lines of 'Give me a Mac IIci with an extra 4 megs of memory and a 85 meg drive.', without worrying about the cost. brian oplinger@crd.ge.com -- <#include standard.disclaimer>