Sunday, December 03, 2006
Rock the digital dreidel and tip the tech tree
The tech sellers don't seem at all nervous this holiday season. All the fanfare of Black Friday has faded along with the deep discounts merchants had made.
The evolutionary change to multi-core based PC's together with the wait for Vista had already put downward pressure on mainstream PC pricing. The price of LCD screens had also been falling. These slides have halted for the holidays.
Other than what appears to be some minor inflationary pressures on system memory pricing, the increases (that we anticipate) have not begun to appear. Chip manufacturers are reportedly expanding their capacity in anticipation of demand caused by the requirements of Vista.
Update: It should be noted that online auction prices for PC's have been trending up with the holiday demand. ¶ 12/03/2006 04:28:00 AM
The evolutionary change to multi-core based PC's together with the wait for Vista had already put downward pressure on mainstream PC pricing. The price of LCD screens had also been falling. These slides have halted for the holidays.
Other than what appears to be some minor inflationary pressures on system memory pricing, the increases (that we anticipate) have not begun to appear. Chip manufacturers are reportedly expanding their capacity in anticipation of demand caused by the requirements of Vista.
Update: It should be noted that online auction prices for PC's have been trending up with the holiday demand. ¶ 12/03/2006 04:28:00 AM
