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A DIMM Future for RAM Bundles

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the pheer-the-pun dept.

VeggiePossum23 writes "PC WORLD has an article about rising concerns that computer manufacturers will be cutting the amount of bundled RAM they sell with their PCs owing to rising prices of dynamic memory. The article claims that spot pricing shows a rise of almost $15.00 for 256MB modules of DDR DRAM in some markets. According to a Reuters article on ZDNet, the price rises are caused by shortage of memory chips, and this is causing the prices of memory to raise at the fastest rate in four years. Even Intel is said to be worried at the overall trend of price hikes for all types of memory. The Inquirer has a similiar article from a couple of weeks ago which includes a chart showing how the third-party memory manufacturers are doing. Kingston tops the chart for revenue."

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  1. The other reason by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Longhorn is slated for like 2006, so the need for all that extra RAM is a few years away. I'm just happy I got my gig of RAM a few months ago.

  2. It is False Quote by MrRuslan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I don't like MS but i respect bill he is a briliant buisnessman and he know the industry well enogh to know that software gets more demanding and memory constantly increases...

    1. Re:It is False Quote by MrRuslan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Didn't mean to be -1 Offtopic it was supposed to be a +1 informative because too many people belive the whole 640KB thing to be true...just trying to educate the one's who don't know any better...here comes another -1 :)

  3. Re:Stopped Dumping by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Just checking, dumping is bad when other countries do it to the US, but it's OK when the US does it to other countries?

    Naturally. Just as it was evil when Iraq invaded Kuwait for oil, but fine for America to invade Iraq for oil^Wfreedom. And just as it's evil terrorism when Palestinians blow up Israeli kids, but when Israelis blow up Palestinian kids that's an unfortunate but unavoidable casualty in the war on terror.

    What did you expect - freedom, justice, and respect for human rights? Hah. Welcome to the real world, dustmite, I hope you can afford a good lawyer.