Author: Anon
Date: 08:38:55 09/25/99
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On September 24, 1999 at 19:06:40, Laurence Chen wrote: >On September 24, 1999 at 17:19:10, Charles Unruh wrote: > >>On September 24, 1999 at 14:08:00, Laurence Chen wrote: >> >>>On September 24, 1999 at 12:42:44, Eran wrote: >>> >>>> >>>>I do not know whether Fritz6 use more memory than Fritz5.32 does, because Fritz6 >>>>is stronger . . . . >>>> >>>>Eran >>>Computer hardware gets faster and faster each user, so does the size of the OS >>>or any software. So you can easily assume that it will use a lot of more RAM... >>>Better starting buying your RAM now because the price of RAM is going to go up >>>very soon, it will double or triple in price the next few months... >>>Laurence >> >> >>Why would ram become more expensive? >Because of the catastrophe in Taiwan, a devastating earthquake which put the >country in chaos, there will be a shortage in memory, hard-drive, and >motherboards, and CPU's. So if you are thinking of upgrading your PC, now would >be a good time to do so because there'll be a shortage of supplies. Taiwan is >one of the main countries which manufacturers these computer parts. Also the Y2K >bug will put a huge demand for new parts for old computers. So according to the >laws of economics, higher demand, low supplier, gives to increase of prices !!! >Laurence I think the main effect in Taiwan was to Micron who produce less than 10% of the world supply of Ram. There is a glut of Ram in the marketplace with 3rd world countries still using Non-parity and parity and SD being the main ram used elsewhere. Supply and demand naturally cause prices to change but I don't believe the supply will be affected by any significant amount. I would bet anything that Ram prices will remain stable or drop over the coming months. The gulf war did not cause oil to increase significantly even without the supply of Kuwaits oil. Though I do think anytime is a good time to upgrade, K62 and PII chips now are so cheap that you can take a P200 to a K62 450 for about $250, with a new M/B and CPU being the only requirement. Thanks.
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