>>> Gavin Scott <[log in to unmask]> 03/25/99 10:41am >>>
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an extra 64MB of RAM for $100 (ouch, when did RAM get expensive again
:-),
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Art Frank commented...

>I'm not even close to a *real* computer-old-timer, but even *I* can
remember 1MB SIMMs costing $100 each.  The prospect of purchasing 64MB
for only $100 >even if that *is* up from only $70 or so) still blows me
away.


One of our users was looking up prices for memory for his Toshiba Tecra
700 laptop yesterday.  He found an old (circa 12/95) press release from
Kingston still on their web page.  It showed the list price for a 64MB
module at > $2500.  And this was only 3 years ago!  It's amazing how
accessible computers have now become because of aggressive price cuts.
Heck, even my grandmother has her own computer.  Of course, this means
I run my own help desk every night.  I was considering getting my own
900 number (hehehe).

Bryan