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To: Joe NYC who wrote (63512)11/12/2001 7:05:19 PM
From: milan0Read Replies (3) of 275872
 
rsi_boy re: "Ouch, what a rip off. $400 processor hamstrung by $60 worth of sdram. Will consumers never learn? "

joe re: "HP didn't use RDRAM where it would help P4, but they somehow manage to use 64MB of RDRAM in the the graphics card: <g>"

As a reminder, here are the specification of the HP system:
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The HP Pavilion 9995 home PC includes the following features:

Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz processor;
512 MB SDRAM;
80 GB Ultra DMA hard-disk drive;
HP dvd100i DVD+RW drive (2.4x/8x/12x/10x/32x) 2.4x DVD (re-write), 8x DVD (read), 12x CD-R
(write), 10x CD-RW (re-write), 32x CD (read) speeds;
16x DVD-ROM drive;
One IEEE 1394, one serial and two USB front access ports, with multiple IEEE 1394 and USB ports on back of chassis;
NVIDIA GeForce2 MX400 graphics card with 64 MB RDRAM memory;
Estimated U.S. retail price: $1,999(1).
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I wonder what is the proportion of P4 systems sold with RDRAM vs SDRAM as the main memory... Anybody knows?

Mike
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