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Looks like we need a computer hardware reserves the same way there are regional reserves for food, fuels and other critical commodities? And for the same reaso
by m4rtink 8mo ago
Looks like we need a computer hardware reserves the same way there are regional reserves for food, fuels and other critical commodities?
And for the same reason - to avoid the dominant players going "oh shiny" on short term lucrative adventures or outright trying to manipulate the market - causing people to starve and making society grind to a halt.
- zozbot234 8mo agoThe real "computer hardware reserves" is the used market. Average folks and smaller businesses will realize that their old gear now has resale value and a lot more of it will be entering the resale/refurbishment market instead of being thrown away as e-waste.
- m4rtink 8mo agoThat is a very good point! Still, at least in the short to medium term, there are many companies, institutions and individuals that are used to getting new hardware that is under warranty - developer hardware refreshes, store hardware updates and deployments, some schools and academic institutions that provide hardware to students or even just people getting a laptop for schools use. I think people would be used to getting new hardware for all of these & might be pretty much left out cold without a machine or having to opt for a reused or resold machine without the necessary technical knowledge to support it themselves.