[plug] Hardware: RAM questions

[Michael Hunt]

"Burnt Damper <youngman at burntdamper.com.au> wrote:

> Ummmm.... lets see.
>
> Perth prices were obtained through Simms International (One of the major
> memory suppliers here) and through Informed Technolgy. Both supplied
prices
> of between $430 and $480 per 512Mb stick of Kingston PC100 ECC CAS2 (In
fact
> one of the prices was for CAS3 which should have been cheaper still!)...
>
> The US prices were obtained by simply going to the kingston site
> (www.kingston.com) selecting the correct RAM for the Intel ISP 2150
(512Mb)
> clicking on the add to cart button - then attempt to purchase online. It
> transfers you to one of a few different retailers (none of which actually
> sell internationally - but I have people in the US that could pick it up
for
> me and mail it.)
>
> The usual price for this stuff is between US$65 and US$85. Which I can say
I
> was very annoyed at. Why should our prices be so different? (Other than
the
> fact that they are made in the US...) Anyhow it appears to be the same
stuff
> (same model number etc.) It was at one of these sites I noticed that the
> price for 133Mhz of the same specs was available for only a couple of
> dollars more.
>
> Amusing eh?

That is very interesting. I wonder how much the Ansett and terriost problem
has brought this about.