Comments on: What The Predicted PC Sales Drop Means To You http://www.pcmech.com/article/what-the-predicted-pc-sales-drop-means-to-you/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:07:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: fred http://www.pcmech.com/article/what-the-predicted-pc-sales-drop-means-to-you/comment-page-1/#comment-24946 fred Sat, 23 May 2009 03:36:38 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/what-the-predicted-pc-sales-drop-means-to-you/#comment-24946 One has to wonder how Apple will do. Young people are moving toward Mac and they are outgrowing the MS based laptops and pc's they started college with. It's conceivable that one day they will be at the top of the pile instead of MS. Now if they could build a shiny, glossy futuristic search engine to compete with Google we would have ourselves an uber company. Maybe they could team up with asus to get help bringing the pricepoints down. One has to wonder how Apple will do. Young people are moving toward Mac and they are outgrowing the MS based laptops and pc’s they started college with. It’s conceivable that one day they will be at the top of the pile instead of MS. Now if they could build a shiny, glossy futuristic search engine to compete with Google we would have ourselves an uber company. Maybe they could team up with asus to get help bringing the pricepoints down.

]]> By: eli http://www.pcmech.com/article/what-the-predicted-pc-sales-drop-means-to-you/comment-page-1/#comment-21481 eli Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:37:32 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/what-the-predicted-pc-sales-drop-means-to-you/#comment-21481 For me, I'm going to be sticking with my existing hardware for as long as I possibly can. To get the most out of it, I agree with one of your ideas about linux, so I'll be sticking with Ubuntu 8.04. It's the long term support release, so I'll have support for it for enough years down the road that by then, hopefully, I'll be able to get that new, powerful hardware that I can only drool over now. This version of Ubuntu can run very quickly on modest hardware. I've got an amd 4850e, 2gig of ram and it just flies. Gettin by with what we've got will come in very handy in the coming tight times I'm sure. For me, I’m going to be sticking with my existing hardware for as long as I possibly can. To get the most out of it, I agree with one of your ideas about linux, so I’ll be sticking with Ubuntu 8.04. It’s the long term support release, so I’ll have support for it for enough years down the road that by then, hopefully, I’ll be able to get that new, powerful hardware that I can only drool over now. This version of Ubuntu can run very quickly on modest hardware. I’ve got an amd 4850e, 2gig of ram and it just flies. Gettin by with what we’ve got will come in very handy in the coming tight times I’m sure.

]]> By: Rich Menga http://www.pcmech.com/article/what-the-predicted-pc-sales-drop-means-to-you/comment-page-1/#comment-21439 Rich Menga Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:44:44 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/what-the-predicted-pc-sales-drop-means-to-you/#comment-21439 Yes. Either 64-bit Vista or wait until the upcoming Win 7 and get the 64-bit variant of that. I wouldn't bother with XP 64. Runs fine but it's old. Alternatively you can run just about any Linux distro in 64-bit flavor as well. Yes. Either 64-bit Vista or wait until the upcoming Win 7 and get the 64-bit variant of that. I wouldn’t bother with XP 64. Runs fine but it’s old. Alternatively you can run just about any Linux distro in 64-bit flavor as well.

]]> By: SupaChalupa http://www.pcmech.com/article/what-the-predicted-pc-sales-drop-means-to-you/comment-page-1/#comment-21437 SupaChalupa Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:09:24 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/what-the-predicted-pc-sales-drop-means-to-you/#comment-21437 Do you recommend a 64bit OS, and if so which one? Do you recommend a 64bit OS, and if so which one?

]]> By: Rich Menga http://www.pcmech.com/article/what-the-predicted-pc-sales-drop-means-to-you/comment-page-1/#comment-21431 Rich Menga Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:55:07 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/what-the-predicted-pc-sales-drop-means-to-you/#comment-21431 Good question. The short answer is yes, however bear in mind that out of all computer hardware, monitors are the one thing that over time have never significantly dropped in price. It is a mystery why they always seem to command higher prices compared to all other hardware. Regardless of that, they are fairly cheap at the moment. 22-inch widescreen models can be had for under $200 at Newegg.com easily. Normal aspect (19-inch) is almost under $100. Good question. The short answer is yes, however bear in mind that out of all computer hardware, monitors are the one thing that over time have never significantly dropped in price. It is a mystery why they always seem to command higher prices compared to all other hardware.

Regardless of that, they are fairly cheap at the moment. 22-inch widescreen models can be had for under $200 at Newegg.com easily. Normal aspect (19-inch) is almost under $100.

]]> By: Dan Massicotte http://www.pcmech.com/article/what-the-predicted-pc-sales-drop-means-to-you/comment-page-1/#comment-21430 Dan Massicotte Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:43:05 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/what-the-predicted-pc-sales-drop-means-to-you/#comment-21430 Does this drop in HW include monitors? My brother's been wanting to buy a few LCD for his PC, but I haven't noticed a drop over the whole on them. Does this drop in HW include monitors? My brother’s been wanting to buy a few LCD for his PC, but I haven’t noticed a drop over the whole on them.

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