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Originally Posted by Jaymoss
Today we see the launch of the Valve Steam Machine and it has basically priced its way out of the market. The reason for this is RAM costs that have exploded all due to AI and AI is growing at an exponential rate . The companies getting priority is Nvidia Open AI and other hyperscale data centres
as someone who has been a system builder since 2000 I have seen spikes in sales drops in sales now to it is very rare I build a machine for anyone other than myself and I do not get the repairs in any more because almost everyone is on some sort of mobile device instead. For now I think there will be the hard core gamer but with AI only getting bigger and console gaming as well as cloud gaming I think PC is in real trouble.
GamersNexus on youtube has a few videos on all these subjects if it interests anyone
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Not just PC - my older 2 kids both got MacBooks for uni but the third preferred an iPad with keyboard. The form factor (a notepad she can read scripts or music from) is of more utility to her than a general purpose computer.
For myself, I still own a very old MacMini and an even older iMac but I’ve not powered either of them up in over a year. I use an iPad Pro day to day and it does more than what I need. Plus, like offspring no.3, what I substantially use it for is a replacement for printed paper, in my case from a lectern.
I used to tell myself I’d buy a new Mac of some description when I knew I needed it, but I’m wondering now if I ever will.