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The vast majority of PC sales aren't desktops, let alone anything with a discrete GPU [1]. The AI craze boosting GPU prices to the moon has very little to do wi
by mdorazio 3y ago
The vast majority of PC sales aren't desktops, let alone anything with a discrete GPU [1]. The AI craze boosting GPU prices to the moon has very little to do with this.
[1] https://windowsreport.com/desktop-vs-laptop-market-share/ https://windowsreport.com/desktop-vs-laptop-market-share/
- redox99 3y agoIt always surprises me that laptops maintained such as large market share over desktops. I'd have thought that as PCs became more of a niche, power user tool (a lot of people only use smartphones these days), desktops would prevail.
- njarboe 3y agoMany power users travel often and it's nice to take your computer with you. If the top of the line laptop is powerful enough for your use, then it's a great choice. Power users compute is often in the cloud anyway, so having a powerful home machine is not always useful.
- callalex 3y agoNobody under the age of 50 can afford to own their own home, which means they are much more likely to be in a small or shared living situation and cannot justify having a desk separate from the table they cook and eat at.
- pjmlp 3y agoEven people above 50s, see housing crysis in many European countries.
- mlsu 3y agoI've noticed that a lot of people hardly know what a desktop PC is anymore. Every PC they use at work is a laptop, and if they buy a PC for themselves it's a laptop. Most people, when they imagine "Computer" -- a laptop flashes in their mind. The only people who are familiar at all with desktop PCs are gamers. That's why every consumer desktop PC component is called "Stryker Ice Wraith Elite" Anyone at work who still uses the desktop form factor is a creative person (they use a Mac Studio) or a workstation tower from Dell/Lenovo or similar.