10-01-2006, 11:02 PM
[quote BigGuynRusty] ..., just priced a 1GB RAM for the Mac Pro at $239.
BGnR
exactly the price I paid each for 1MB SIMM's for my first Mac II in 1987, or 100000% more per unit than current RAM, w/o adjusting for inflation. with RAM being commoditized, it's like gasoline, you buy it when you need it to keep the new vehicle on the road. unlike gasoline, at least you can recycle old RAM to beef up the best older surviving computers. if the current price of RAM is a factor in purchasing a new Mac; don't buy the new Mac because if that is the case, you don't really need it. agonizing over whether to upgrade the old 23" plastic bezeled ACD HD to a new 30" aluminum job, is a different story...
BGnR
exactly the price I paid each for 1MB SIMM's for my first Mac II in 1987, or 100000% more per unit than current RAM, w/o adjusting for inflation. with RAM being commoditized, it's like gasoline, you buy it when you need it to keep the new vehicle on the road. unlike gasoline, at least you can recycle old RAM to beef up the best older surviving computers. if the current price of RAM is a factor in purchasing a new Mac; don't buy the new Mac because if that is the case, you don't really need it. agonizing over whether to upgrade the old 23" plastic bezeled ACD HD to a new 30" aluminum job, is a different story...