It’s quickly becoming a “the best time to build a pc was 2 years ago, the second best time is now” situation.
Oh no, that's Lenovo saying they think these RAM prices will be the new normal and may never go back to how they were
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Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
I wonder how it will compare over time, will the overall performance you can get per hour of labour in wages go up or down?
If a high end PC costs twice as much, wages only go up 50%, but high end PCs are twice as powerful. You are still getting more performance for your work. But if performance and wages barely change while costs rise significantly, now performance for labour has actually dropped. Generally more interested in how it compares over longer time frames rather than month to month spikes.
absquatulate@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
He’s probably right. Inflation will likely catch up and the prices won’t go down in any significant manner. We ran into this years before the RAMpocalypse, while searching for a sub-200€ GPU, or trying to build a sub-500€ entry level gaming pc.
dil@piefed.zip 3 weeks ago
I used to upgrads when I didn’t need to, now I’ll wait twice as long, not a big deal, still sucks, but it’s not like I’m buying at the same rate, company is getting less money from me overall.
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If only this would be an incentive for people to stop using electron for everything and start making memory efficient software again.
spacehulk@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Yep, for way too long it was cheaper to buy more memory than to pay for good developers.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
You don’t have to use electron crapps.
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That depends on your job.