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English => News => Topic started by: Redaktion on May 07, 2026, 14:00:38

Title: Worse than 2008 financial collapse: PC and laptop market crashes as motherboard makers reportedly reduce shipment targets
Post by: Redaktion on May 07, 2026, 14:00:38
The consumer PC and laptop market is in absolute shambles. A new report out of Taiwan has now revealed that major motherboard makers like Asus and MSI have revised their shipment targets by quite a bit for 2026. This development is reportedly in response to the detereorating RAM and CPU supply and price situations that have collapsed the consumer tech market.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Worse-than-2008-financial-collapse-PC-and-laptop-market-crashes-as-motherboard-makers-reportedly-reduce-shipment-targets.1291305.0.html
Title: Re: Worse than 2008 financial collapse: PC and laptop market crashes as motherboard makers reportedl
Post by: Julian M on May 07, 2026, 17:17:17
Consumer purchases for parts and any sort of DIY builds are crashing, prices make no sense. And yeah, manufacturers don't care currently, everything is going towards the very lucrative AI data center craze - until that bubble crashes anyway.

Something about all your eggs in the same basket etc - we just don't want to learn anything, apparently.
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