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Article #26209Re: Apple memory upgrade backlog
From: Donald N. North
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 1988 01:08
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 1988 01:08
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In article <793@entropy.ms.washington.edu> king@entropy.ms.washington.edu (Jim King) writes: >I am curious to learn how long people have been having to wait to get >memory upgrades from Apple. I ordered a 2 meg memory upgrade for my Mac+ >through my University in October and I am still waiting. Our mistake was that we lowered the price; we caused demand to skyrocket! >I understand that there really is a SIMM shortage, so I have a certain >amount of sympathy for Apple's position, but I also have the feeling >that there are a lot of megabit SIMMs being shipped with AUX machines. Wrong; see below. >I wonder if Apple has thought about the fact that the people they are >trying to impress by shipping AUX may be the same people who are >waiting for memory upgrades for lowly Mac Plusses. Now we segue into >that classic flame--why doesn't Apple reward its old supporters by . . Reward how? Lowest serial number wins? Everybody is 'on allocation'. Hey guys, don't blame us for this one! Send your nasty letters to your congressman / favorite government official who voted in support of the 'fair market value' / production limitation by the Japanese DRAM vendors, so that the US industry (can you name one?) suppliers would have a chance. However, my understanding is that all of our larger SIMMs (1MB) are going out in *upgrade* kits (not inside A/UX Mac2 boxes), so that everyone has a 'fair shot' at more memory. The demand, however, is significantly greater than the current supply - it's an industry-wide problem. Blame all the Sun user's who cram 16MB in *each* box... :-)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!nrl-cmf!ames!claris!apple!north From: north@Apple.COM (Donald N. North) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Apple memory upgrade backlog Message-ID: <7648@apple.Apple.Com> Date: 11 Mar 88 01:08:29 GMT References: <793@entropy.ms.washington.edu> Reply-To: north@apple.UUCP (Donald N. North) Distribution: na Organization: Apple Computer, Inc. Lines: 28 Keywords: A questionnaire. How long? How long?