[Arm-netbook] RAM and x86 CPU prices

[Gordan Bobic]

 On Thu, 5 Jan 2012 09:43:22 +0000, lkcl luke <luke.leighton at gmail.com> 
 wrote:
> of all the spam i get when people don't listen to the buying leads i
> put out last year this is one of the most interesting.  look at the
> price of DDR3/1333 1gb: it's *less* than DDR2/800mhz 1gb or even
> DDR2/667mhz.
>
> and 2gb DDR3/1333mhz is only $2 more than 1gb DDR3/1333mhz!
>
> isn't that just... nuts?

 And now you understand why I have been a proponent of putting DIMM 
 sockets on ARM boards instead of using soldered-on-RAM unless you are 
 going to max out what the SoC can handle. DIMMs are dirt cheap and 
 flexible.

 Gordan