From: John Kim (jokim_at_CHS.CUSD.CLAREMONT.EDU)
Date: Fri Jan 07 1994 - 15:41:18 EST
In message Fri, 7 Jan 1994 14:56:46 -0500,
Wilson Chan <wilson_at_rigel.lcs.mit.edu> writes:
> Hello! I found another place that sells 8Meg for $402. The name is
> First Source International. It comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee
> and lifetime warranty. Apparently it's the same module as the 720's.
> It seems like that place is a back-room operation for a few companies.
> They asked me what phone number I called to reach them and what the
> price was in the magazine. Try telling him something like $389 and see
> if he buys it.
That's the place I got my 8MB module from. The first time I called (to
check the price) they said $409. The second time I called (to verify the
price) they said $395. The third time I called (to place the order) they
said $387, +$5 S&H +$2 insurance. So I know you can get it for at least
$387. Phone number is 800-217-9866 and they're in Aliso Viejo, right next
to Laguna Beach down here in Southern California. I had to pay sales tax
but I figured if I had any problems, I could drive down there and yell at
them until the resolved the problems. The module is manufactured by a
company called Paragon Memory Corporation. Anybody heard of them?
In case you missed my message yesterday, the TP700, 720, 750, and CL57SX all
use the same memory modules. I've seen some places advertise lower prices
for CL57SX memory than for the TP7?0 memory so be careful.
Now that we have this many people on the mailing list, and many of you seem
to have memory expansions, how about some battery life benchmarks? I'm
really curious if I sacrificed battery life by buying cheaper memory.
Before the 8MB Paragon expansion, my TP750 mono 170MB HD got 5.25 hours w/o
power management and lived about a week in suspend mode (lost about 10-15%
battery charge per day). After I added the expansion, it got 3.8 hours w/o
power management and lives about 2 days in suspend mode (loses about 45%
charge per day). Can anybody with any other memory expansion, especially
the IBM 8MB, give a comparison?
We should be able to add this to the FAQ as "what's the best memory" and
"what's the cheapest memory."
Oh, I'm reasonably happy with the memory. I'd like to still have 4+ hours
battery life but 3.8 is close enough (just doesn't have the impact of "yeah,
I get over 4 hours on the battery." :) The main reason I bought from First
Source was their price, their 30-day money back guarantee, and they told me
they don't have a restocking fee so long as its still in new condition.
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