Glenn, the manufacturers reduce costs by standardizing, i. e. it is
less expensive to put in a large amount of memory (who really needs more
than 128 MB) than to make mqke memory expandable.  I assume that with
three models, you will get some choice of speed with the higher speed
one getting more disk, etc.?

Nick D.

"COLE,GLENN (Non-HP-SantaClara,ex2)" wrote:
>
> NEWS.COM has a story on HP (hp? ;) combining e-Vectras and e-Brios
> into e-PCs.  (It seems using an 'e-' prefix doesn't make something
> an automatic hit.)
>
> The part the drives me crazy is:
>
>   "HP's e-Vectra, for instance, comes in a sealed case; memory can't
>    be added.  The only part that can be changed with ease is the
>    hard drive, and that accommodation was made only because the
>    hard drive breaks down more than other components, HP executives
>    said earlier this year."
>
> MEMORY cannot be added???  In today's PC market, that's ludicrous.
> This definitely is not your father's (e-)Vectra.
>
> The full story is at:
>
>    http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-3144023.html
>
> --Glenn, who might be missing some e-detail