Law of supply and demand.  The less there is, the more it costs?

Dan
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> I saw one system that had 5400rpm IDE drives and Rambus memory... :(
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> So the net question: what does Rambus get you?
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> Philo <- staying with BX, thank you very much.
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