I disagree. You talk about power users who will always buy the latest and greatest kit, but even those are slowing down. Gamers dont need to update their PC eve

I disagree. You talk about power users who will always buy the latest and greatest kit, but even those are slowing down. Gamers dont need to update their PC every 2 years because of todays very long gaming console life cycles. I have built my development rig 4 years ago in 2009, a Quad-Core 2.8Ghz, 8GB, SSD and reasonably fast GPU. It wasnt top of the line back then (except for the SSD) and its still fine for all my needs, only replaced the SSD because it broke. My girlfriend has some cheap laptop which is also a couple of years old but its more than enough for her web surfing and office needs.