Quote from: indyp on Yesterday at 21:12:22It seems worthless to buy a PC new these days, beyond a few key areas that might be driven by profit for the end-user.  I've been watching benchmarks for years and the performance increases are nowhere near the cost-increases, so it's a no-brainer:  I'm not upgrading.

Yep, you summed it up perfectly in this whole quote (the bold part especially). I was just watching that new Framework Laptop 13 Pro yesterday, not that I need it but I would really want it because all it's missing there is the TrackPoint to be basically perfect (for me). But holy hell, the cost is 2399€ for a prebuilt with X7 358H / 32GB / 1 TB PCIe 4.0 SSD, which is crazy high. The specs are excellent, sure, but the value simply isn't there currently, just as you commented.

Fascinating.  Seems pretty clear the market has shifted (very, very quickly) from consumer-focused to data-center focused, as that is where the mass profit is right now.  And AMD(and many others) sees profit before it's own guidelines/policies, so it's no wonder they are abandoning giving review samples or communication to the small PC/gaming markets.

It seems worthless to buy a PC new these days, beyond a few key areas that might be driven by profit for the end-user.  I've been watching benchmarks for years and the performance increases are nowhere near the cost-increases, so it's a no-brainer:  I'm not upgrading.

Greed trumps all, as they say.  I wonder when humility will catch up with these organizations?

Fascinating to watch.