my guess, they want to get rid of the pc800 they have..rd rams expensive stuff, especially the new breed. or when ddr400 comes around they want to show 1066 as the solution, or maybe dells waiting on 1200? something with how business works. im not too sure, but i do know the 1066 would really kick.

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Message Edited on 09/06/02 03:05PM by westomatic

Intel announced the 533Mhz Bus...I think ABS is offering it too...I remember when Dell first offered a Pentium 3 system with the RDRAM they offered it in PC600 and PC800...would it be so hard for them to offer it with PC800 and PC1066?...obviously they would still be selling the PC800 with the 1.8, 2.2 and 2.4 Ghz systems, besides that I am sure Dell has depleted their supply of PC800 Ram and restocked it several times since Intel unveiled the 533Mhz bus.

Intel's going to validate the PC1066 RDRAM soon, hopefully Dell will make a BIOS update to allow PC1066 RDRAM after it's been validation.

Wait till they have another big sale on memory,they might then move the new in..
just my 2 cents