Motherboard sales 'collapse' by more than 25% as chipmakers strangle enthusiast PC market to build more AI chips — Asus projected to sell 5 million fewer boards than 2025, Gigabyte, MSI, and ASRock also expected to see reduced sales numbers
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Fewer people are buying parts and building new PCs from scratch.
  • ArgentRaven@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    My concern is, how does this look in 5 years’ time? When your existing pc craps out and you absolutely need a new one? Prices don’t go down. Will AI demand still be high? Or data center demand?

    Will we have to get minimal, subscription-based hardware so we can connect to a cloud pc, owning nothing and forgoing any anonymity?

    That’s not a future I want.