On Jun 25, 2012, at 9:16 AM, [email protected] wrote: > A few years ago there's were scores of them on Ebay for $30 - $40. > Now it is difficult to find one for under $150. It's just two chips > and a few connectors on a tiny circuit board. I don't know why it's > so darned expensive.
The law of electronics supply and demand: things that are out of production tend to get very expensive if there's any demand, and it's hugely expensive to start up making something once you've stopped for any length of time, costing nearly as much as bringing up new devices. Back when Apple stopped making the original Airport card, there were still a LOT of Macs in use that had a slot for one but didn't have a card, the price shot up to nearly $200. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
