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From: korn@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Peter "Arrgh" Korn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: New Apple RAM upgrade prices?
Message-ID: <21033@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>
Date: Wed, 30-Sep-87 03:04:16 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 30 03:04:16 1987
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In <2039@Shasta.STANFORD.EDU>, mrh@Shasta.STANFORD.EDU (Marc Hannah) said:  
>In article <20918@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>, I (Peter "Arrgh" Korn) wrote:
>> 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. 

Flattery it is, flattery.  And 'tis indeed true, I blew it on this one
(as my UCB price list is so kind in pointing out); s'ok though, I don't
mind being wrong on this one at all.  My guess is that either (a) Apple
has decided that what with certain 'backround tasking operating systems'
due out shortly, people will want RAM, and so 'so what' if Apple doesn't make
it's usual markup on the RAM it sells, it'll sell more Macs thereby, or
(b) Apple is in bed with Toshiba and is *somehow* getting them from Japan
to the US w/out paying the high prices that everyone else is paying
(or of course, (c) some combination of both).

My vote is for (c).

Peter "yah, so I was wrong *this time*" Korn
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