Keith, at 18:36 on Jun 04 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> Mainly just commenting on something I thought I'd not be seeing this
BG> century - 16Mb SIMMs for under $200 a pop.  There's no longer any
BG> excuse for people NOT to be running 32Mb machines these days...

KR> 48 megs are even better (:

True, but I can wait until changing to NT for that.

KR> there seems to be divided opinion in the industry as to whether prices will 
KR> remain low or go back up to some degree.

Suffice it to say that it's a very brave man who buys a warehouse full of
RAM these days.  I personally feel that it will slowly rise again, then
level out to about half what it was last year, but I'm only guessing.

KR> the feeling is though, that it aint going to get too much cheaper in the 
KR> short term. i'm just glad that i didn't take 16megs when it seemed like a 
KR> bargain at $400, i got 32 for almost the same price.

Exactly, but even if it does drop further, the difference as a proportion
of overall price will only be minimal, so there's no real reason to hang
off for better prices now.

Anyway, sod RAM.  I'm waiting for the $150 5Gb mode 4 EIDEs...

Regards, Bill
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