Subj : Re: ESXi
To   : niter3
From : Adept
Date : Wed Dec 10 2025 14:22:14

 ni> Are tariffs to blame? 
 ni> 
 ni> It's not only new equipment, and of the retro equipment is priced so
 ni> high it makes zero sense to purchase. Amiga speaking...

In this case, no.

Yes, tariffs have increased costs, but this memory price thing is hitting worldwide, not just in the US.

I heard something about the producers trying to do something to slightly increase prices, but I don't know enough to know if that's a conspiracy theory, or the industry back to its old price fixing tactics.

But the demand from all the genAI buildout appears to be the actual cause for the increased prices, followed by companies buying up everything they can before the prices go up further, thus causing the prices to go up further.

And the fact that one of the three companies making RAM decided to exit the consumer business to focus on genAI customers doesn't help, either.

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