PE> I rang up my Yum Cha mate today, and he told me why he
PE> thinks the RAM prices have dropped (he says the dealers
PE> are running scared, the price has dropped too fast).

Yeah, its a significant problem. When prices are dropping
fast, if you dont watch out you can end up having to flog
what you have at BELOW what you paid for it, and with slender
margins, that can ruin the day rather more than somewhat.

PE> Anyway, the story is that EDO ram will be standard in about June/July,
PE> and that in October, DIMMs will be standard instead of SIMMs.

He's got his dick in his hand. He is also doing a fine job of fobbing
you off and discouraging you from buying your ram from someone else.

PE> The D standard for Double, compared to S for Single. And
PE> he doesn't have a motherboard that will support that yet.

Yep, there are few PC motherboards that support those.

PE> And so we go through the RAM size changover YET AGAIN.

Thats life in computing, better get used
to it, it wont be stopping any time soon.

PE> He says that the DIMMs are twice as fast.

Thats crap.

PE> He said that he wasn't dead sure that the story
PE> was correct though, he didn't have any confirmation.

Its crap.

PE> How come no-one mentioned DIMMs before?

They arent currently used much on PCs at all, as you can see
from the lack of motherboards using them. Some of the Macs do tho.

PE> Not even in "Computer Market"'s "RAM Expose".

Just because there are fuck all PC motherboards that use them.
@EOT:

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