Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] ram prices

["Ryan Thornton" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Yeah, no kidding... :-)

I remember when they said to stock up on ram the last time.....  "Get those
8mb chips quickly because RAM price will never be this low again!"   I
dunno, ram prices always seem to fall through the floor right after I buy
them.  Still, it's cheap enough to max out your mb...

- Ryan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Miller" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
To: "MLUG discussion" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 10:06 AM
Subject: RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] ram prices


> On Wed, 1 Aug 2001, Marcus Semanek wrote:
>
> > Maybe because it always does?  I've worked for computer store for
> > about 10 years, it cycles over and over, RAM prices are like a roller
> > coaster drastic rise and fall all the time.  I don't work for them
> > anymore but I'm sure they are stocking up at these prices waiting for
> > the price to go back up again :)
>
>
> They go up and down, but the downs are bigger than the ups, on average,
> because prices have declined massively over the years.  We aren't
> returning to $40/MB ever again.  Right now we're experiencing a glut with
> consumers purchasing less RAM and fewer PCs than a year or so ago.  I
> expect that to continue for a little while -- maybe XP will change things
> -- but until something changes purchasing patterns, I expect prices to
> stay down.
>
> Mike


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