essaitchthrowaway3 t1_j8jgpui wrote on February 14, 2023 at 7:30 PM

Are you telling me that sales don't ONLY go up, up, up?!?!

Whaaaaaat?

I love how sales of PCs and tablets and similar devices were hitting record numbers over the last couple of years and business executives acted like that could possibly continue forever. Now that the market is coming back down to more normal levels, immediately everyone is overhyping the decline.

techieman33 t1_j8z34pa wrote on February 17, 2023 at 11:54 PM

Yeah, I saw this coming in mid 2020. Everyone was stuck at home so they either needed a computer for work or school from home, and even if they didn’t they were suddenly finding themselves spending a lot more time on their devices at home. So it made sense to buy a new personal computer, tablet, etc. Now a lot of the market has a 1-2 year old computer and has no reason to upgrade. And with all the power the modern systems have it’s going to be another 3-4 years before sales start to get back to pre lockdown numbers.