Monday, January 05, 2009

Have We Reached A Plateau?

There's something I've noticed recently: no one is updating their computers anymore. I'm not talking about software, but hardware. If anything, people are buying updated versions of the same type of hardware. Think about it, when is the last time you updated your RAM/Video Card/Mobo/Processor? Also, software is taking a step back. Windows 7 cut back much of the graphic/processor intensive processes so that it may run better on netbooks. That's another thing, netbooks are becoming popular. It's 3 year old technology in a slightly smaller form factor that's selling like crazy. Have we reached a plateau for the average consumer? Sure the power users will continue to update their stuff, but what about normal users? Other than complete hardware failure, will you continue to upgrade? Unless they come out with something completely different, will you upgrade any time soon?

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1 comments:

Jonathan A. said...

Cloud computers.