On Monday, July 23, 2001, at 12:16 PM, makmac wrote:
> Laurent Daudelin on 7/18/01 3:25 PM wrote:
>
>>> So, there is something I don't get. If your fellow didn't see a huge
>>> speed gain from 233 to 466, why would one pay $399 for a 500 when
>>> there
>>> is the 466 at $249? The speed increase from 466 to 500 must be really
>>> minimal, or is there something I'm missing?
>>>
> Then makmac on 7/18/01 4:07 PM wrote:
>
>> Good question, I'll call and ask him.
>>
>
>
> I asked him. There are two reasons. One, it was a 300MHz Wallstreet (my
> mistake). Two, he says he bought it to run OSX and he wanted all the
> RAM he
> could get.
>
> Since he was limited by RAM and speed, along with the fact that he has
> more
> money than patience, he sold the Wallstreet and promptly bought a G4
> Titanium (to compliment his new iBook). The poor fellow suffers
> so... ;^)
>
>> Your question got me to thinking. Why does PowerLogix 500MHz cost over
>> twice
>> as much (at $579) as it's 466MHz (at $249)? Perhaps that little 34MHz
>> boost
>> provides a much more substantial increase that one might suspect.
>>
>
> Well, per someone else's post, this is now a mute point since the price
> is
> dropping to $399. No doubt they saw Sonnet's press release.
Hmmm, still, I would definitely go for the 466 and give up the 34 MHz in
speed boost, than pay $150 more to get it. It seems that 34 MHz doesn't
worth it...
-Laurent.
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