PC shipments hit record low decline

whatwhat said:
When last did you upgrade your PC? Should be asked.
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I upgrade my PC all the time. Last month I went from an R9 290 to an R9 290x Lightning and I think I also got 16gb 2133 ram. I'm hardly in the majority though.
 
whatwhat said:
When last did you upgrade your PC? Should be asked.
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Five years ago.

I hate the constant noise, maintenance and immobility of a PC. So I switched to buying a decent laptop. I can't play everything of course, but most of the games I do play runs pretty damn well on high detail/HD Textures. Those games I can't play, I don't even bother with.
 
whatwhat said:
When last did you upgrade your PC? Should be asked.
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Got a new one 2 years ago, going to replace the other one that just hit 6 now. It still plays all the latest games since I upgraded the graphics card. (it's 1st gen i7)
 
As soon as USB-C/Thunderbolt/USB 3.1 (whatever so confusing) is here. I want to get an external dock for a fullsized GPU to use with my laptop(assuming I can add USB-C to my laptop with a expresscard or something) otherwise new laptop(just for usb-c sounds silly).

My PC on the other hand I haven't upgraded since the PS3, Xbox 360 era, can still play all the games. Consoles, Smartphones & Tablets have made the upgrade cycle so much longer than ever before... my wallet is thankful.
 
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I have not upgraded the pc in years but the storage in the pc seems to need upgrading on a yearly basis.
 
AstroTurf said:
I have not upgraded the pc in years but the storage in the pc seems to need upgrading on a yearly basis.
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+1

15-20 years back most upgraded their existing PCs and only got a new one when they got to the point that there wasn't much more they could do. I think nowadays people just buy a new PC (storage aside) as they last much longer and are far cheaper than the 'old days'
 
"PC shipments hit record low decline" ≠ "A report from IDC shows that PC shipments fell by 10.6%, ... the biggest decline ever recorded"
Grammar/logic fail
 
Dolby said:
+1

15-20 years back most upgraded their existing PCs and only got a new one when they got to the point that there wasn't much more they could do. I think nowadays people just buy a new PC (storage aside) as they last much longer and are far cheaper than the 'old days'
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This pretty much. I haven't had a reason to upgrade my CPU in 4 years. The tech only makes incremental improvements these days. If you bought a decent quad core 4 years you can still run almost any game at 60FPS with a decent graphics card.

I'll only be upgrading again once Zen launches.
 
I thought desktops and laptops were all PCs? An Apple laptop/desktop is a PC with a fancy BIOS but is not classified as a PC. Windows based desktops and laptops are all PCs. For some reason people seem to think PC refers to a desktop only.
 
According to some halfwit PC shipments are actually down to zero :) in fact laptop shipments too. And iPads, Surface, Galaxy notes, smartphones. Nothing is shipping. Nada, zero, zilch, f#all :)

You are probably wondering where the f###k stores are getting their stock etc from. Because the shelves are not empty. Perhaps our resident shipping expert can comment ? :)
 
Chevron said:
This pretty much. I haven't had a reason to upgrade my CPU in 4 years. The tech only makes incremental improvements these days. If you bought a decent quad core 4 years you can still run almost any game at 60FPS with a decent graphics card.

I'll only be upgrading again once Zen launches.
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My work pc is around 5 years old. Could upgrade if I wanted but no need.
I5 with 12GB ram and a AMD GPU.
2tb storage.

My Home pc is even older.
Dual core with 4GB RAM and a Nvidia GPU.
10tb Storage
It plays 1080p movies. All I need from it.
 
PC still the same as my sig, can't afford anything else, prices these days are ridiculous.
 
Windows 10 didn't deliver. According to the Arthur hardware manufacturers pushed Microsoft to speed up delivery of Windows 10.

Bottom of line is that Windows 10 was here, but sh$%%y and unstable, this is a reason for sales decline.
 
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