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Re: Apple SIMMs - why so expensive?

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From: Steve Goldfield
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 1989 16:56
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In article <15506@duke.cs.duke.edu> erd@romeo.cs.duke.edu (Ed Darken) writes:
#>Hi. Can anybody tell me how fast the SIMMs are that Apple puts into
#>a 15.67 Mhz Mac II? I would like to add some memory. I can get 100 ns
#>SIMM modules for $115/mb or pay significantly more for a couple of
#>Apple 2Mb SIMM kits. What's the difference?

I don't know if there are physical differences, but Apple ate
hundreds of millions of dollars because it bought up a huge
supply of chips when prices were very high because of a
temporary shortage. Soon after, supplies shot up, prices
dropped, and Apple continued passing on its cost to consumers.
Apple gambled and it wants the rest of us to pay. Would they
have shared the profits with us if the gamble had gone the
other way?

Steve Goldfield
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From: steve@violet.berkeley.edu (Steve Goldfield)
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Subject: Re: Apple SIMMs - why so expensive?
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