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- From: jbotz@mtholyoke.edu (Jurgen Botz)
- Subject: Re: alpha memory requirements (vs vax) ?
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- References: <1992Nov10.130048.7200@slcs.slb.com> <1992Nov13.075521.20283@Urmel.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE> <1992Nov13.133438.8279@engage.pko.dec.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 14:49:36 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov13.133438.8279@engage.pko.dec.com> jackson@pravda.enet.dec.com () writes:
- >The memory for the new systems is priced at $125/MB, which is considerably
- >less than memory from Digital only a few weeks ago. In fact, Digital memory
- >is less expensive than that of a third party who announced their memory
- >for the DEC 3000 family before we announced the products. We'll also trade
- >in memory from a current workstation when you're upgrading to allow you
- >to protect the investment that you've made in memory for our existing products.
-
- Nonetheless it's too expensive... 70ns 1Mb chips are selling for less
- than $2.50 per in volume... that works out to less than $25 for a
- 9-chip SIMM. If your manufacturing cost is as high as $10/SIMM,
- that's still nearly a 300% markup.
-
- These kinds of rediculous markups on memory are common amongst system
- vendors however, so on this one DEC isn't alone at least. I
- personally consider this typically nearsighted stupidity, however...
- the vendors should have an interest in seeing their systems in
- customers hands equipped with as much memory as possible, because that
- does the most to increase the perceived price/performance ration of
- the system overall. IMHO memory is a little like tech-support... you
- shouldn't be trying to make huge profits on it, you should be trying
- to get it delivered as effectively as possible to improve your overall
- reputation and acceptance with your customers.
-
- For the more popular personal computers you can get a 4MB SIMM at 70ns
- for less than $125. And don't tell me that it's lower quality... I've
- installed probably 1,000 Megabytes of these things in both personal
- computers and workstations (including DEC workstations), and if
- anything I've had relatively more problems with the workstations.
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