AI Analytic Firm Predicts the End of the Sub-$500 Entry-Level PC by 2028, as Well as a Major Hit to Smartphone Sales in 2026

I dunno about that. There's an awful lot of sub $500 PCs out there. I mean, that stretches all the way to sub $200, and you can even find some stuff under $100 (new) that will run Windows.

If you are talking about a gaming PC though (which I will loosely define as a PC with socketed CPU, RAM and a discrete GPU)... that ship sailed a long time ago.

Now, the quality and/or performance of 98% of that entire market - questionable. But it's pretty big, and I don't think the entire thing just dries up and blows away.
 
I agree for now, but they are forecasting 2 years out from now so things could look a lot different then. I doubt anyone expected ram prices to nearly double, or more, in the 4-6 month span between this past spring and fall so two years from now has potential for even worse extremes. I know more than a few out there are holding on to the "until the bubble bursts" theory, which may happen and we know not all is going according to corporate pipe dreams, but meantime the damage to consumer market is here now and not looking to go away.

One odd thing, and some good news, is that I've seen posts about memory and SSD prices in Germany dropping slightly in the last 30 days, like maybe $10-20 here and there. Not sure the reason why but still interesting to note and I don't know if they've already gone back up again.
 
I suspect most compute will shift to tablet and smart devices and away from desktops and laptops. Heck laptops have largely replaced desktops as it stands in corporate environments.
 
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