Yup, this is probably one of those ‘let’s jack up the prices while people are going covid mad over tech’ and then covid finished and people stopped buying PCs.
Exactly this, there was a demand for laptops and PC's during covid, but its come back down to regular levels now. Laptops aren't something that need to be upgraded year on year, most people tend to keep them as long as possible
I wonder if this is because M1 sales were so damn good and for the majority of people M2 just isn't that big of an upgrade, especially after the silly price increase.
M1 base would suit the majority of normal end users and would suit them for many years to come, people just aren't buying new equipment as often as they do (or at least that's what I think as I have no actual stats)
Price increase mixed with lower demand in general. Laptops aren't something that people upgrade often, most people tend to buy one and then use it for years.
Also doesnt help that the M2 was an incremental upgrade, that if people were looking to upgrade its better to just wait for the M3 - which is what I will probably do
