Although the prices of the computers and the extreme price reductions seems interesting, I think even more so is the companies and brand names that have disappe

Although the prices of the computers and the extreme price reductions seems interesting, I think even more so is the companies and brand names that have disappeared from the "consumer market" due to saturating the market (Texas Instrument and Atari). I think it is very interesting that the desktop (personal computer) exploded over the next couple decades and yet the overages in supply actually sunk these market leaders to the point where they never recovered. I think properly forecasting market size and growing your inventory, surpluses, and work-in-progress properly while pouring extra engineering capacity into research and development is a delicate balancing act which we can all learn from.