Re: Wtd: advice on buying RAM. Why such great price gaps?

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From: Bill Williams
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 00:00

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M.Champagne <M.Champagne@cellbio.duke.edu> wrote:

> i have a lovely Powerbook 1400cs, with 16 mb RAM, and need to upgrade my
> RAM.  I've looking around for prices, and i can't help but notice a
> great gap in prices.  For example, at MacWarehouse, i can get my 24 MB of
> RAM for 330$, but i've also seen 8 MB of RAM for 145$  
> 
> What's the difference between the RAM i buy at Apple, MacWarehouse or at
> any other place?  And if they're the same, is there something else i
> should be worried about?

Probably no difference other than price, but you're looking at the
=expensive= sources. Most people seem to deal with The Chip Merchant
(<www.chipmerchant.com>, I think), I buy from TechWorks
<www.techwks.com> in Austin.

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BWms

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From: bwms@altamaha.net (Bill Williams)
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Date: 1997/09/26
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