Will the "Credit Crunch" affect PC prices ?

[=VTA=MANFACE]

Well, its seems like we having soo good at the moment....

But, what will happen to prices for components/whole PCs ?

Will R&D be cut back, will there be job losses at Intel/AMD ?

Maybe even on-line e-tailors will feel the crunch and shut down, OcUK ?

Or do you think prices will go up or down ?

Not sure, what do you think ?

 

[gumbald]

Are you looking for discount?

 

[Cosimo]

Stock market crash, no money no food only global warming....take the money and run

 

[Edinho]

Irrelevent if prices rise or fall if we all start loosing our jobs and homes.

 

[frosty03]

When recession hits, cash is king. Prices will drop, but at the cost of development/research.

 

[[TR]SweetSpotOz]

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[gumbald]

Week on Friday.

If people knew when a recession was going to happen, it'd be less likely to happen.

 

[scorza]

Is there any proper estimates on when the recession is likely?

IIRC (from my economics lectures at Uni) a recession is technically defined as three consecutive quarters of negative economic growth - so it will be at least later in the year. When it actually starts however is another question....

 

[Heliospherez]

In a word. Yes.

I predict all businesses will begin to make cut-backs, reduce prices & staff levels & we will see some of the best deals for the last 10-15 years towards the end of the year (or even the end of the summer)

As you rightly stated, R&D will be hit hard, as will non-essential travel, training, courses off-site, away days and corporate funded nights out / lunches / company cars and pension schemes. I feel this particular dip in business will be a lot more severe and it's duration will excede most peoples predictions. In fact - I feel this is going to last a good few years - but thats just my view.

Unfortunately, we might not have enough 'spare' cash to buy the stuff. So no doubt there will be a lot of casualties (mainly the businesses who were too slow, too naive and too backward to make the necessary changes - and there's hundreds of them in the UK)

 

[Nate--IRL--]

Posted this in SC, but its kinda relevant here too.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/mar/17/economics.useconomy

PC parts may be far from your thoughts soon enough...

Nate

 

[Biohazard]

Could you imagine the impact it would have on some people here if OcUK dissapeared overnight along with these forums!

 

[Duke]

Could you imagine the impact it would have on some people here if OcUK dissapeared overnight along with these forums!

People would be out in the sunshine and fresh air?

 

[pendulum666]

I keep reading threads about recessions and house market crashes all over forums. Maybe with the internet and enough talking ourselves into a recession, it might actually happen.

 

[teaboy5]

I keep reading threads about recessions and house market crashes all over forums. Maybe with the internet and enough talking ourselves into a recession, it might actually happen.

Maybe because we are heading into one?

 

[LordSplodge]

no money no food only global warming....take the money and run

Plenty of money. Those who planned their finances should survive the recession relatively unscathed but those who bought-no, pay later will have some trouble.

The increase in C02 levels have actually improved the crop yield so there is more food, not less.

Global warming and "extreme weather" are a myth. Inland ice in Antarctica is getting thicker and there was more hurricanes in 1949. The planet has warmed by 0.1 degree over 200 years and the Arctic ice has been slowly melting for a thousand years. Tin foil hats off!

However the OP should worry more about saving his money and not worry too much about his latest Nvidia 10,000GT.

 

[Nate--IRL--]

Plenty of money. Those who planned their finances should survive the recession relatively unscathed

Not if they don't have a job they won't.... it all depends how bad the rot in the system actually is.

Nate

 

[[TR]SweetSpotOz]

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[LordSplodge]

I can't take anything you say seriously because:
1) You aren't sourcing anything
2) You said C02 when it is CO2. Credibility out of the window.

1. I could source it but I cannot be bothered as they are multiple and diverse, but for you I will give just a couple:

Ian G McKendry, 2003, "Applied Climatology" - "Recent studies suggest that attempts to remove the 'urban bias' from long-term climate records may be overly simplistic"

Fred Pearce, 2002, "Africa's deserts are in retreat..."

This isn't SC so that's as far as I can go, suffice to say that Global Warming/Climate change are mostly constructs of the Media and Environmental Campaigners.

2. I am afraid that I cannot type nor spell!

 

[alexakasloth]

Plenty of money. Those who planned their finances should survive the recession relatively unscathed but those who bought-no, pay later will have some trouble.

Why will they have trouble?

 

[teaboy5]

Plenty of money. Those who planned their finances should survive the recession relatively unscathed but those who bought-no, pay later will have some trouble.

The increase in C02 levels have actually improved the crop yield so there is more food, not less.

Global warming and "extreme weather" are a myth. Inland ice in Antarctica is getting thicker and there was more hurricanes in 1949. The planet has warmed by 0.1 degree over 200 years and the Arctic ice has been slowly melting for a thousand years. Tin foil hats off!

However the OP should worry more about saving his money and not worry too much about his latest Nvidia 10,000GT.

The fact is a lot of people will be losing their jobs. Jobs created by cheap energy and easy available money.