Really is there anything to substantiate this aside from GPU's flying off the shelves. I would have thought most people who own a computer do so in the form of a laptop, most of which are ill suited to gaming. Why then invest in a second computer when you could spend half as much or less on a console?
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Really is there anything to substantiate this aside from GPU's flying off the shelves. I would have thought most people who own a computer do so in the form of a laptop, most of which are ill suited to gaming. Why then invest in a second computer when you could spend half as much or less on a console?
part of the reason for gpus flying of the shelves is people swapping away from laptops
they are completly unsuited to the home office enviroment american gaming growth was 4% last year over 2019
The global sales of gaming PCs grew by 16.2% during 2020
just two examples
Yeah, and also we should be interested in what Sony is doing with the PS5 with the internals being modified, well they say internals, they meant the chip to allow for better production yields, I'd imagine AMD is the one also doing this, so if AMD + TMSC have found ways to increase production by rejigging the designs or production, we should see them come in a few months, so supply should get better.
good call!well i jut managed to bag a series x from argos, so thinks the series s is going back,
well i jut managed to bag a series x from argos, so thinks the series s is going back,
You're going to have to sink a couple more months in to console play now that you've doubled down your investment
I'm pretty sure the future office is going to by hybrid so the laptop will become even more essential. My work PC has been a laptop for 15+ years now and my current laptop will drive 4 external 4k screens so don't know why it wouldn't be suited to a home office.
not everyones work supplies such fine machines
Maybe I'm a bit lucky in that respect but it's quite locked down so it's very much just a work machine
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Very true lol. People think that if it has an i3 or i5 its some great machine.. generally if it costs less than £600 its gonna be a lame duck imo. Yes you can have the odd exception to that rule, but most popular brands need nuking of their bloat before handing them out for a work tool.
Bloat is a real problem for this. Especially since dell has such a monopoly on the work market.
Never mind MRSP and all the various re-anchoring strategies that are prevalent right now. The basic question you should ask yourself is whether it represents value to you. A 5700xt for £350 last year versus a 6700xt for £700 this year. You can argue all the external factors and quote the usual economics rhetoric forever, there is only one answer to that question.
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We support a variety of models due to pandemic availability has been shocking so HP, Lenovo, Acer and odd Dell and they all suffer from issues even if you image them from fresh for example HP seem to have duff keys and you end up sending some back. Build quality seems to be better once you creep over that £600 price.