While shopping for a high-end machine, I note to my chagrin that many
highend vendors are using i840 boards, which require Rambus memory (RDRAM or
RIMM). The problem - 128MB of RIMM memory is about $1,000.

Just out of curiosity, does anyone know from experience if this massive
overpricing is justified? It looks to me like this is memory manufacturers
trying to simply increase margins.

I saw one system that had 5400rpm IDE drives and Rambus memory... :(

So the net question: what does Rambus get you?

Philo <- staying with BX, thank you very much.

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