[Elecraft] Experience with off brand memory cards

[Karl Larsen]

Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> Joe, AA4NN, wrote: 
>
> I'm guessing, then, the 1GB PC2700 333MHz memory card
> I purchased from an internet site $40 cheaper than same spec memory card on
> the Dell site is inferior and could fail soon? de Joe, aa4nn
>   
    No. In fact you may have determined the cost to Dell for stocking 
the part and advertising. If you really got a 1GB PC2700 333MHz your set 
up. I imagine your building yourself a computer. 1 Gig of ram with a 1 
Gig swap directory will make a fast computer!

    I build my own computers from sources on the Internet. The 1 GB RAM 
has to date been too expensive but looks like my next one may be like yours.

73 Karl

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> Do you always get more if you pay more? Absolutely not.
> But that doesn't make the corollary true. You don't get the same quality
> when you pay less. Even if you know the part came from the same plant. Ron
> AC7AC
>
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>
> It might. It might not. You left out the other sentence:
>
> "Do you always get more if you pay more? Absolutely not." 
>
> My point was that the fact that many products come from the same
> manufacturers does not mean they are equal. 
>
> What we often don't know is whether a cheaper product isn't just as good for
> the intended purposes. 
>
> Years ago John Glenn, talking about having ridden a Mercury capsule aloft
> for America's first orbital flight in space, observed that he was placing
> his life in the hands of those who made millions of parts "..all supplied by
> the lowest bidder..." 
>
> What he left out was that those parts were bid, tested and supplied by
> manufacturers working to very complete and exacting specifications. That was
> my work in the early 60s: "Component Engineering", writing component
> specifications for programs including some of the stuff going into the
> manned space program. The trick was to pin down every important criteria a
> part had to meet: whether it was a nut, or a battery, or the turbine that
> pumped fuel into a rocket motor. 
>
> The "lowest bidder" Glenn referred to was the one who could supply parts
> meeting *every* specification at the lowest cost. 
>
> Unfortunately, when we're standing in the aisle at the discount store, we
> don't have a complete set of specifications with us for our "intended use"
> nor do the manufacturers offer any detailed specifications or warranties. A
> long time ago one manufacturer (Ray-O-Vac??) offered to replace any
> flashlight ruined by a leaking battery. I haven't seen anything like that in
> years! 
>
> Still, I buy name brand batteries because I "feel" more confident using
> them. 
>
> And that speaks to something else I learned a long time ago: I, and everyone
> I've known, makes choices for emotional reasons. We choose what we do based
> on how we feel about it. Only after doing that do we apply "logic" to
> justify the choice!
>
> Ron AC7AC
>
>
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