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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: New Apple RAM upgrade prices?
Message-ID: <2039@Shasta.STANFORD.EDU>
Date: Thu, 24-Sep-87 19:08:22 EDT
Article-I.D.: Shasta.2039
Posted: Thu Sep 24 19:08:22 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 26-Sep-87 14:26:17 EDT
References: <3907@cisunx.UUCP> <20918@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>
Organization: Stanford University
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Summary: Apple finally gets competitive in the 1Mbit simm modules

In article <20918@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>, korn@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Peter "Arrgh" Korn) writes:
> 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

> 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
..
> Peter "Arrgh" Korn

   Peter's perfect track record comes to an end. Apple did indeed lower the
prices to the point where the 2 MB upgrade (2x1 mbit simm modules) is now
$600. With university discounts the price has dropped to an almost tolerable
level.  David Gelphman  daveg%slacvm.bitnet@forsythe.stanford.edu