Einstiegs-PCs, die weniger als 500 US-Dollar kosten, werden „bis 2028 verschwinden“, prognostiziert ein Forschungsunternehmen
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/entry-level-pcs-costing-less-than-500-will-disappear-by-2028-research-firm-predicts/
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Yeah well they way things are going, $500 is also likely to be the value of a single hamburger, so that’s not too shabby when you’re realistic about it
500 just isn’t what it used to be. Without Sam Altmans magic money, the inflation alone kills the 500 dollar machine. The crazy thing is watching us fall further behind
Could this be considered a potato famine?
With the RAM price and other components it is normal that happens 😅
Cloud compute will take over. I picked up a Microsoft surface for cheap and they are great for small demand computing. Plus they are cheap, the battery life sucks but I’m always around a charger. Also picked up a 2020 Mac mini for cheap as well. Not the best for high demand stuff but great for everyday uses for my old ass
Things are getting more expensive, and the value of money is going down. What did they think was going to happen when wages dont match inflation?
Lol. They will disappear within the next few months.
Doesn’t mean they won’t come back if ram and NAND prices crash.
Edit: for those of you who don’t actually know the markets. RAM and NAND prices crash all the time. It’s an extremely volatile market with only 3 big players.
Yes, it’s unlikely to happen anytime soon unless AI crashes. But, if they build out the capacity for AI, and markets can normalize, then RAM and NAND prices will return to their normal volatility.
OR, encourage folks to look at cheaper alternatives like Linux and extend the lives of their existing hardware. Create scarcity, you’ll find suckers, but a good amount of folks will research and switch.
Good thing our wages are going up!
Oh wait…
No they won’t. The price floor will increase but the demand for cheap or good enough specs isn’t going to wane, especially with modern cloud and internet heavy usage patterns.
The vast majority of people spend significantly less than $1000 on laptops and few buy mid range to high end at full price. It’s not a matter of preference, it’s a matter of budget and that line ain’t moving anytime soon for the vast majority of people. If anything niche low volume skus will likely be the first casualties. There may be more margin at the top but all the volume is at the bottom.
Apple is releasing their first A series SoC powered MacBook and if they would follow with a slightly cheaper Mac mini they’ll be rolling in cash. The m4 mini at $400-600 is a great PC. I doubt it will ever go as low as $400 again but if they could stick a slightly cut back sku into that slot it would go over like gangbusters.
The real interesting part will be seeing how this affects enterprise usage. Us individual consumers are used to being told we’re shit out of luck when it comes to rising costs/low availability (see GPU turmoil for the last 10 years with crypto and AI). But shit is gonna get real dicey when employers of all size are also facing price gouging and/or part unavailability for PC infrastructure which is crucial to their operations.
Absolute garbage journalism. There’s a spike in demand. Production will increase over time. The market will stabilise. Moore’s law continues more or less, with power increasing and price decreasing, as it has since the dawn of the microprocessor.
I am continually curious as to when the breaking point will be as things get more expensive and salaries stay stagnant. And what will happen when it does.
Doubt. They’ll be thin clients to prescription cloud devices.
Now if this is referring to runaway inflation then perhaps.
No a single analyst at the worst company said this. They didn’t even see the impact of ai coming. Gartner and their awards and shit are a joke. I used to work in big tech and these people just read articles and have opinions like anyone on Reddit
Older hardware thats already in consumers hands makes this unlikely.
Needed a research firm to figure that out?
Kinda sensationalist. A raspberry pi is technically an entry level pc.
I mean yeah? Inflation exists, that’s a $250 PC in 2000 which I don’t think existed at all. If you look at ads from around that time a desktop was like $1000 so $2000 today
This article is just trying to prepare the US consumer to accept a $1000 laptop as a reality
What’s really happening is actually a right to repair Renaissance moment: i’m seeing Chinese companies marketing directly to American consumers through YouTube with a custom fabbed device that lets you run your own SSD through this adapter on your Mac mini effectively saving you I don’t know $300?
Thinkpads’ are plentiful and RAM is affordable on older models and becoming more affordable every day due to how much time in the market Chinese companies have had.
The problem with the high-end laptop market is that windows 11 easily needs 32 GB so you’re gonna need to actually buy a $2000 laptop new, or just under $400 and get a top-of-the-line ThinkPad from 2018.
The same can be said about all the Dell precision desktops and such, albeit slightly harder to work with due to proprietary CPU coolers and power supplies. But they can make a good budget Fortnite PC if you get a GPU that fits!
It’s a no brainer for a lot of people besides the author of this article apparently.
They want us to rent compute instead of owning it. This is their plan
It dissappeared last year when ram went up.
But you’ll be able to buy a Raspberry Pi 12 with the specs of a PC from 2020 for $50.
Cloud computing is going to take over. No specs, you just connect to the internet and subscribe for more ram or storage.
will?
A lot can happen in 2 years.
The coolest part of this story is that wages will continue to be stagnant and suppressed.
ladies and gentlemen i can proudly say that i am fucked
Because of AI, RAM prices?
Its this article from 2007? Gaming PC never cost 500$.
I think this will lead to used pcs seeing a bit of a resurgence. It’s not ideal for many use cases, but a friend of mine and I looked up ddr3 ram, and it’s still quite affordable.
That obviously means much slower memory, and finding significantly older hardware in terms of cpu and motherboards. But for people where cheap/affordable matters more than performance, I’m betting this will be an option.
I’m kicking myself for not buying an internal hard drive upgrade for my PS5 during Black Friday. I could’ve gotten a good Samsung 2 TB drive for around $190. Now it’s approaching $400. The timeline we’re currently in is so bad–higher technology product prices, tariffs, awful job market…I can’t think of a positive thing to say about the state of things now.
The RAM sticks I bought for $159 a couple years ago sell for $730 now. It’s insane.
Propaganda.
You can get one for free if you are resourceful enough.
It’s propaganda because they are just constantly trying to soften the blow for when computer leases and subscriptions are the norm instead of the outlier as well as your aversion to high prices on computer parts.
Guess I should have upgraded at the beginning of last year 🙁
And just like *snaps* *that*, Macs are the best values in computing. lol.
It’s the 1980’s all over again