Journal MamasGun's Journal: Unpopular opinions and the mod smackdown...
In the former case, I was dead wrong, and I'll admit it. I bought a 512MB DDR DIMM for $95 from Kingston ValueRAM and thought it was a deal. I thought "well, this is the bottom for DDR, enjoy it." Then a few days later I went to the Reseda Megashows Computer Fair. Sure enough, there was a vendor with the same stuff for $79. OK good...I'm glad I was wrong on this one. I can max my onboard RAM on my new Athlon box sooner than I thought I could.
However, if Rambus should prevail in this case, watch out. If all the major manufacturers of RAM have to pay a legally-mandated tribute to Rambus, it might bring us back to the bad old days when a good deal for a 32MB 72 pin FPM SIMM was $500. That wasn't so long ago either...1996, to be exact.
I am not a troll. In fact, I am against trolling. It's sad when you get slapped for speaking your mind. Bleah.