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To: rudedog who wrote (161189)	9/27/2000 11:10:08 PM
From: Meathead	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

SDRAM price drops only signify a trend on a broader level. They, as you state, don't account for a large portion of the reduction. But also notice that memory does not scale linearly in price as you move up the config ladder. Density also comes at a premium. I think what you will find is that all the hardware just does not account for more than 50% of the server price to begin with (if that much). The premiums are in the design, scalability, SW and support just to name a few. My question is, these price cuts look to be limited to certain configs. The average overall looks to be about 25-30%. Does these type of cuts occur at >900Mhz with 4-5-6GB etc? It may only be 10-15% in these configs. If that's the case, a few of these systems may be loss leaders used for upsale traps. MEATHEAD