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To: Bilow who wrote (78863)	10/1/2001 9:20:58 PM
From: Skeeter Bug	Respond to of 93625

bilow, good note, again. a couple points... 1. >>Only a few companies went with DDR [ed, i think you meant rdram here], and it was due to their management making the mistake of ordering their engineers to use it or walk.<< hey, i spot typos easily since i make enough of them ;-) don't forget the BILLIONS INTEL DUMPED to get the memory guys to build rdrm. if intel hadn't been so dumb/arrogant, perhaps NOBODY would have started building rdram in the first place. btw, do you recall the dram intel tried to force on the market and failed? i think the time frame frame was 1994 or so.

To: Bilow who wrote (78863)	10/2/2001 12:51:23 AM
From: techreports	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

You're making up numbers here. If I'm going to buy a $2000 computer, I'm going to put 1GB of DRAM onto it, not the 128MB you're probably assuming. Four 256MB DDR PC2100 DIMMs costs $104 on Pricewatch right now, while the same amount of RDRAM RIMMs costs $328. That's a difference of $224. If you have the vendor supply your DRAM, the difference will be even greater. Your estimate of $40 to $60 would be the difference for some dinky $600 computer with minimum memory, not a high end machine intended for photoshop applications. Yeah, I know that you're a Rambus moron, and it's impossible to argue with you about these things, but think about it. Why did Intel make the 845? Why is Intel supporting SDRAM for the P4? Why does PriceWatch now have 7 pages of hits for "845 SDRAM" and also 7 pages of hits for "850 RDRAM"? Why did Jdaasoc, a long time Rambus investor and pump, suddenly announce that SDRAM will be the main memory for the P4? Why is Dell supporting SDRAM for the P4? Do you think that Dell will support DDR for the P4? Thanks for the name calling. I even gave you a compliment in my last post. You do have a point. If I was going to buy a 2k computer, I probably would buy more than 128mb of ram. p.s. Bilow, i actually like what you have to say. You talk more about things that matter (i.e. how the memory companies pushed DDR, ect.. If you do work in the industry, I understand you have a better understanding of where thigns are going. ) Skeet with his "the PC is a commodity" crap means nothing. again, thanks for your useful comments.