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From: korn@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Peter "Arrgh" Korn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: New Apple RAM upgrade prices?
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Date: Wed, 23-Sep-87 15:47:29 EDT
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In <3907@cisunx.UUCP>, jasst3@cisunx.UUCP (sullivan jeffrey a.) said:  
>I see from my friendly local dealers that Apple has dropped(?) their
>2M upgrade price to $599.00.  Will this cause Dove to drop theirs from
>the $650 I've seen in DISCOUNT houses, or is there some difference
>between dove's upgrade (MacPlus 2S, I think) and Apple's?

I think you are refering to Apple's MacII RAM upgrade, from 1 Megabyte
to 2 Megabyte.  That upgrade uses the (much) cheaper 256K chips, and
involves using 4 256K SIMM packets.  I've priced those as little as
$45 a SIMM packet, making that upgrade cost $180 before tax.  Dove's
2S upgrade involves 1 Megabyte CMOS SIMM packeds using surface-mount chips.
Dove also has a 2H upgrade, that uses 1 DRAMs vs. surface-mount.  The
main difference between them is cost, power consumption (less on the 2S),
and height (the 2H is higher, and may not work on an SE with an upgrade
card in it).

Peter "your friendly, neighborhood, chip-man" Korn
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