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Article #9641Re: $69 1M SIMMS
From: Gerry Pophal
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1990 23:39
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1990 23:39
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In article <126900148@p.cs.uiuc.edu> gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
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>I've been thinking: What a tremendous mistake apple has made by not
>unloading its DRAM stockpile on the open market last year at firesale
>prices ($150/1Mb).
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>They could have written off the huge loss, and then started putting these
>$69 DRAMS into production macintoshes, at incredible savings.
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>Does anyone know if Apple liquidated its DRAM stockpiles? Or are Mac
>buyers still paying for that overpurchasing mistake?
I just ordered some simms from Technology Works on 1/13/90. They
claimed to be manufacturing SIMMs for Apple. I'm don't know exactly what
this means regarding Apples SIMM stockpile but thought it was interesting
anyway.
gp
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