🚀 go-pugleaf

Stephen Knilans wrote:
> 
> In article <4jc7al$j10@cloner2.ix.netcom.com> William Taylor <wwtaylor@ix.netcom.com> writes:
> >In article <adtDowKF6.9qA@netcom.com> Anthony D. Tribelli, adt@netcom.com
> >writes:
> >>Starting from 0M installed?
> >>
> >>Actually 32M only adds about US$500 if you buy and install the memory
> >>yourself.
> >>
> >>On March 22, 1996, at the computer swapmeet at the L.A. County
> >>fairgrounds memory was going for:
> >>    16M EDO   60ns    US$289
> >>    8M  EDO   60ns    US$129
> >>    16M 72x36 60ns    US$249
> >>
> >>Tony
> >>--
> >
> >The price I have for adding 24MB to an 8MB system is $1081 per system.
> >This for HP memory for HP PC's. I doubt I could talk my finance people
> >into giving me a lump of cash to go to a "swapmeet".
> >
> >My local Egghead is selling 4MB simm's for $149, and 8MB for $249.
> >
> >It is nice to know that all of those simm's missing from corporate PC's
> >are finding a market though<g>.
> >
> >WT
> 
> The average decent price for computer memory today is $20-$25/MB!!!!!!  HECK, even
> FRYES can sell it at that!

Memory prices have been dropping at a rate that is making up for the 
lack of a price drop over the last 2-3 years. In our area, the price 
drop from summer to now has been 60-70%.