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To: Joe NYC who wrote (47030)	7/11/2000 3:50:37 PM
From: Don Green	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93625

> Since RDRAM vs. SDRAM has the worst price performance ratio of any other component, anybody thinking rationally will undertake that upgrade as the last thing. Even upgrade from the second fastest processor to the fastest processor has a better price/performance than RDRAM vs. SDRAM, you would not be acting rationally if you bought RDRAM in any system with less than 1 GHz CPU. In most cases buying the fastest hard drive is the best way to improve performance, not the fastest CPU or ram.. and hard drives are dirt cheap.. I presently have 5 fast hard drives which I swap for various purposes on a 733 PIII 256MB SDRAM system, and I am still long Rambus! regards Don

To: Joe NYC who wrote (47030)	7/11/2000 4:37:04 PM
From: jim kelley	Respond to of 93625

Not very many people buy a desktop PC based on the cost of its individual components. If the want the performance they will look for the best performing class of machines and tradeoff price, reliability, service and support issues in making their selection. If they are a corporate customer they may have some additional issues to consider before making their purchases. Most PC purchasers do not even know the cost/price of the individual components in their machine. This why this line of debate is fruitless.