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Undertoad · 06-06-2003, 10:54 AM

When you're building for a target of $300 you still have to drastically cut anywhere you can. This means the additional $25 difference between 256 MB and 512 is meaningful, because it means you can keep the Athlon 2000 and not have to settle for a Duron 1.3. It means you can only configure a 40 MB drive.

It also means that the theoretical price of Windows would be a huge percentage of the price of the unit. Like a third of it.

06-06-2003, 10:54 AM	#5
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	When you're building for a target of $300 you still have to drastically cut anywhere you can. This means the additional $25 difference between 256 MB and 512 is meaningful, because it means you can keep the Athlon 2000 and not have to settle for a Duron 1.3. It means you can only configure a 40 MB drive. It also means that the theoretical price of Windows would be a huge percentage of the price of the unit. Like a third of it.