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From: pophal@nicmad.UUCP (Gerry Pophal)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: $69 1M SIMMS
Message-ID: <3921@nicmad.UUCP>
Date: 14 Jan 90 23:39:56 GMT
References: <126900148@p.cs.uiuc.edu>
Reply-To: pophal@nicmad.UUCP (Gerry Pophal)
Organization: Nicolet Instrument Corp.  Madison, WI
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In article <126900148@p.cs.uiuc.edu> gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
>
>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).
>
>They could have written off the huge loss, and then started putting these
>$69 DRAMS into production macintoshes, at incredible savings.
>
>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