Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!bacchus.pa.dec.com!granite.pa.dec.com!mwm From: mwm@raven.pa.dec.com (Mike (My Watch Has Windows) Meyer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: A3000 chip prices revisited Message-ID: Date: 2 Oct 90 18:19:04 GMT References: <1832@nemesis.stsci.edu> Sender: news@wrl.dec.com (News) Organization: Missionaria Phonibalonica Lines: 56 In-Reply-To: scott@stsci.EDU's message of 28 Sep 90 00:58:28 GMT In article <1832@nemesis.stsci.edu> scott@stsci.EDU (Jim Scott) writes: Although this is sort of beating a deadhorse: Several people have noted my 'outrageous' claims about the A3000's RAM chip prices. I may (or may not) have been one of them. Your prices on 256Kx4 SCRAM ZIPs are outrageous. Please refer to Briwall's ads (i.e., Amiga World, 10/90) or Grapevine Group (ditto) or Memory World (also, ditto.) 1Mx4 chips : $68,$54.95,$56.95 256x4 chips: $13,------,$12.00 Call long distance information in the 408 area code. Ask for San Jose, then BJS Electronics. Now, call them and get a price for 256Kx4 SCRAM ZIPs. I got 32 of them for $6/part. The fact still remains that the A3000 FAST RAM prices are $136 and $104 per MEG, as stated by me. With your pricing, that's correct. With more reasonable pricing, the 256Kx4 chips are $48/meg. I'd be surprised if CBM wasn't getting better prices than that. Therefore, if the A3000 25-100 comes with 5Meg RAM and the A3000 25-50 comes with 1Meg the 4Meg difference averages out to about $470. If it only comes with 1Meg of chip & 1Mx4 parts, you're right. If it comes with 2meg of chip & 3Meg of 256Kx4 parts, the extra memory is probably less than $150. So the education discount difference of $800 means you're paying $330 for the extra 50MEG of hard drive. With more reasonable ram prices, that's $650 for 50Meg of high-quality hard disk. That's steep, but not outrageous. Approximations on calculations 'not-with-standing' this is correct. If it REALLY is cheaper ($75/MEG!), let me know so I can add another 4MEG of RAM now. I need it! Well, it's much cheaper - but only if you buy the 256Kx4 chips, and not the 1Meg/4 chips. The best price I found on those was just shy of $100/meg.