Worse than 2008 financial collapse: PC and laptop market crashes as motherboard makers reportedly reduce shipment targets

[Redaktion]

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

[Julian M]

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.

[ChenMo]

My main mini-PC's are a 3rd gen Intel and 6th gen Intel. Both generally cannot do 4K 60fps videos.  But that's what my $50 TV box is for.  I connect those mini-PC's to a projector as its main display.  (I switch the HDMI input to TV box when I want to watch videos).  My keyboard and mouse is located across the room via very long USB extension cable.

Unless I want to game, why would I upgrade my PCs?  Maybe even a good tablet or console can offer me better value than a new PC!

[2008?]

DigiTimes alleges that, per supply chain sources, Asus is set to face a worse hit to its motherboard shipments than it did during the 2008 financial crisis and the first year of the COVID pandemic.

I'm not sure what the impact of 2008 was on Asus but I do remember that year being an excellent one for consumers to upgrade PC's. So I wouldn't draw comparisons to it. COVID lockdown however was pretty bad. Although what we're experiencing now I'd argue is far worse than that even.