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To: Chas who wrote (32725)	5/2/1998 12:13:00 PM
From: DavidG	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 53903

Chas, I think the confusion is with the point Ed Beers was making with the info he received from DELL. People sometimes sling things on this thread without much thought and understanding. He was talking about a 400MHZ system and an additional 64mb upgrade. The only memory that can be used in those systems are PC100 and it costs $169. Why he had two prices...one that says PC100 and the other that does not makes no sense to me. As LARRY said previously, only PC100 memory can run in DELLS 350 and 400 systems. As far as the prices going down for PC100 modules I certainly agree with you and I am sure Larry does also, that is a given...but I think these upgrade numbers are clouding the air. Upgrades are funny numbers and don't always reflect true retail/wholesale bit prices. Here is a site that seems to have reasonable memory prices, not high and not giveaway. ram-ware.com If you look at the difference between 64mbyte and 128mbyte PC100(non ECC) it is $450-240=$210...but less than double. For Non-PC100 it is $370-185=$185 or exactly double. All I am saying is upgrade prices do not always reflect an accurate bit price. One other thing. to make 64mbyte modules only 64mbit chips can be used and they still seem to be varying greatly between vendors, although as you say still in a downward spiral. I tried to find Crucial or Dell 64mbyte and 128mbyte prices but could not it, that is why we have to interpolate.:-) Good Luck DavidG