Topic: pc market
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PC Shipments Defy RAM Shortages With Surprising Growth
The global PC market saw strong growth in late 2025, with shipments rising nearly 10% due to factors like the end of Windows 10 support and strategic inventory building ahead of potential tariffs and shortages. A critical memory shortage, driven by high demand from AI data centers, is expected to...
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How to Find Great PC Deals Despite Sky-High 2026 RAM Prices
DDR5 memory prices have surged to unprecedented levels, exceeding $800 for high-capacity kits, due to manufacturing shifts toward AI hardware and reduced DDR4 production. To counter high costs, effective strategies include purchasing professionally refurbished computers and timing purchases aroun...
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Prebuilt PCs Now Sold Without RAM Due to High Prices
A PC builder, Paradox Customs, is selling desktops without installed RAM, a direct response to prohibitively high memory prices, allowing customers to use their own or separately sourced modules to save money. This unusual strategy highlights how soaring DDR5 memory costs have become a major barr...
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Steam Machine: A Console Look Without the Console Price Tag
Valve's Steam Machine will not be sold as a loss leader and will instead be priced comparably to a desktop PC with equivalent performance, aligning with PC market expectations. The hardware, featuring an AMD Zen 4 CPU and RDNA3 GPU, is designed to outperform the lower 70% of PCs in Valve's survey...
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Google's 'Aluminum OS' Brings Android to PCs: What We Know
Google is developing 'Aluminium OS,' a unified operating system merging Android and ChromeOS to compete with Windows and macOS, emphasizing AI integration and a cohesive experience across devices. The initiative, confirmed through job listings and a Qualcomm partnership, targets all device tiers ...
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500 Million PCs Still Haven't Upgraded to Windows 11
Approximately 500 million computers capable of running Windows 11 remain on Windows 10, showing slower adoption than previous OS transitions despite Microsoft ending support for the older system. Another 500 million older PCs cannot upgrade due to stricter hardware requirements, creating a dual c...
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Nearly Half of AAA Games Now Launch in Just 3 Months
Nearly half (45%) of major single-player AAA game releases now occur between mid-August and mid-November, creating intense competition during the traditional holiday season. Games released outside crowded windows show stronger engagement, suggesting that avoiding peak periods benefits both player...
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