alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agoRAM now represents 35 percent of bill of materials for HP PCsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square48linkfedilinkarrow-up1323arrow-down12cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squaredroans@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoThat’s exactly why they can alienate them. The PC manufacturers don’t really have many vendors to choose from.
minus-squareDamage@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoFor now. Would you risk a long-standing relationship with your most important customers for a temporary boost in income?
minus-squaredroans@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoWouldn’t be the first time. They got caught in a huge price-fixing scandal just about a decade back and nothing changed. And again, where are the customers going to go? There’s only so much capacity and no one’s building new plants.
minus-squareDamage@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month ago no one’s building new plants so far
That’s exactly why they can alienate them. The PC manufacturers don’t really have many vendors to choose from.
For now. Would you risk a long-standing relationship with your most important customers for a temporary boost in income?
Wouldn’t be the first time. They got caught in a huge price-fixing scandal just about a decade back and nothing changed.
And again, where are the customers going to go? There’s only so much capacity and no one’s building new plants.
so far