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> If the poorer half of people can't afford a new computer I would expect the benchmark to go up, because the rich people will still buy highend computers while
by bmacho 2y ago
> If the poorer half of people can't afford a new computer I would expect the benchmark to go up, because the rich people will still buy highend computers while the lower half would drop out of the benchmark completely.
Surely you can twist this 2-3 times more, can't you?
.. people have computers, because otherwise they die. If people have less money, they buy cheaper computers. Simple as that.
- flohofwoe 2y agoWhat I'm seeing in my wider family and friends-circle (outside dedicated 'computer nerds' of course) is that owning a (private) computer has become very unusual in the last 10 years. My nephew built himself a PC for gaming - but that's definitely a 'luxury item' because a game console would be much cheaper. And that's about it. Everybody owns at least one smartphone though.