How can I buy AMD and not be angry about the price

[Oni]

grr got my 1.33 GHz chip and 2 weeks later its $40 cheaper.
Its a great performer, but its very frustrating I could have gotten a faster chip with $40, or more ram. Its great that prices are going down and all, but why so fast, and why so much?

 

[FatBurger]

Because AMD cuts prices all the time. It's the way technology is, you just have to live with it. My 1.2/266 is $40 less than it was when I bought it, too.

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Apple? Macintosh? What are these strange words you speak?

 

[noko]

I am mad at you guys, mine is now $46 cheaper, I feel cheated. But I do love my performance.

 

[peteb]

look on the bright side, it could have been $200 you 'lost' if it were a PIV.

Chip prices are coming down all the time, it is a fact of life - don't worry too much $40 is not so much in the grand scheme of things. I'll give you a tip - it'll be down another $40 within 2-4 weeks.

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[noko]

Oh great, $86 is now how much I lost .

 

[ksoth]

I bought my Duron 700 about 11 months ago for $150, now it goes for about $30.

"Trying is the first step towards failure."

 

[Guest]

That's why I'm waiting until AMD will make last Athlon B, then after Palomino prices will just fall down and I bet that after Christmas 1.4Ghz 200fsb will cost less than $100!

 

[noko]

Wow you make me feel happy now .

 

[Edison]

I can live with the price reductions, but it "convinces" me to upgrade more than I need to. I would have been happy with my 850 TBird, but when that darn 1.3 TBird dropped to less than I paid for the 850, my checkbook leaped to my hand. <g> AMD might be pretty smart after all. I know my son will agree, he likes my hand me downs.

Now if I can just hold off until the performance doubles (sometime next year, perhaps)...

 

[Guest]

Ever heard of <i>Moore’s Law</i>?

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[dhlucke]

Hmmm...you guys forget so easily...

Remember what processors USED to cost? I bought a PIII-450 for $276 bucks back in the day, and it had already been out for a while.

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[noko]

I remember buying a Supra 20mb hardrive/8mb of ram for my Amiga, cost: $950!! The external floppy was over $100 by itself. Latter on I bought 16mb of Ram for my Amiga 1200, cost: $450. Man I love today prices compared to yester years. Makes a GF3 price look cheap when I think about what I paid for what would be consider junk today.