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aether wrote:
It's bound to happen, anyway. Massive importation via Asia countries will bring down the prices, eventually. PC prices, the price of components, memory, etc.. are not falling. They are at a standstill, or increasing. A top-flight video card will cost you nearly $1,000. If that's not a form of larceny, what is? For a video card that will be obsolete in less than three, perhaps two, years. Your use of the word 'obsolete' is failing your point in this case. That $1000 card, if it doesn't fail, will be perfectly usable for a decade at least. Certainly not useless in five. Obsolete? I grant that newer cards will be out to replace it but the case can be made for the Millennium card in one of my systems right now. It works just fine. And it's _old_. The reason for this, mostly, is shareholders and the stock market. They must increase their profit every quarter to please them. This results in overpricing. (e.g. theft) Of course I would like cheaper prices but there is a chance to kill the Golden Goose here. Costs of R&D and Manufacturing must be recovered, as do all those Swiss Bank accounts and sending their kids to college. Nobody is forcing you to spend $1k on a damn video card. TBerk |
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aether wrote:
snip A quality 512MB DRAM module, three years ago, cost around $120. Keep in mind, that was essentially all that was necessary for a PC. Today, since 1GB is essential, you must be prepared to pay at least double that to have the same qualitative memory. Even more, if you prefer a single DIMM. I call BULL****. After all, we _know_ you must have more than One Gig of RAM. wink TBerk |
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T wrote:
aether wrote: snip A quality 512MB DRAM module, three years ago, cost around $120. Keep in mind, that was essentially all that was necessary for a PC. Today, since 1GB is essential, you must be prepared to pay at least double that to have the same qualitative memory. Even more, if you prefer a single DIMM. I call BULL****. After all, we _know_ you must have more than One Gig of RAM. wink TBerk My favorite part of that B.S. was the "same qualitative memory" argument, closely followed by how much "was essentially all that was necessary for a PC." |
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aether wrote:
I'll cite examples of what I speak of: I agree with the view that yours is a short term experience. Stick around awhile and see the fluctuations. TBerk |
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