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It’s very likely that the high DRAM prices from 2017 to now have been due to market collusion, similar to what happened in 2010. Like your example shows, they’
by CoolGuySteve 8y ago
It’s very likely that the high DRAM prices from 2017 to now have been due to market collusion, similar to what happened in 2010.
Like your example shows, they’ve basically set the entire industry back years for a modest profit. It’s heinous.
- rudiv 8y agoThere were multiple lawsuits brought by regulatory and classes last year against the DRAM cartel. I think the current downward spiral in DRAM prices may be related to that, although supposedly that's the result of a production glut (I thought the point of a cartel was you wouldn't have production gluts )
- mixmastamyk 8y agoYes. However we forget that 8GB was an ungodly amount of memory in the late 90's; it required industrial gear like an SGI Origin to get that much. That a browser would fill it is another abomination.
- NicoJuicy 8y agoLate 90's is almost 20 years ago. OP mentions 10 years ago
- mixmastamyk 8y agoYes, and browsers worked fine back then. Their improvement has been quite inefficient memory-wise compared to native apps.
- gowld 8y agoIs $11/GB a high DRAM price? That's the cost of a standalone stick. Apple DRAM costs 2x, and any other PC vendor's DRAM costs 1.5x-2x but that's vendor lock-in, not collusion.
- hinkley 8y agoI used to get more life out of my MBP by spending about $400 on max memory and a faster hard drive. Even with inflation $350 for memory seems a bit high (assuming there comes a day when you can put 32G in one of these things :/ )
- jsjohnst 8y ago> assuming there comes a day when you can put 32G in one of these things That day came last October, assuming you are ok with a 15” MBP (not available for 13”) and slightly less battery life.