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March 26, 2006

PC pricing prediction

PC pricing prediction: I just realized that there will probably be some pretty good deals in the last half of this year on new PCs and other things out of the manufacturing distribution chains... volume of total sales will be down due to the Vista pushback, so the manufacturers will try to entice on price, or new types of offerings (they've got six months to restrategize). Hmm, if that works -- if consumers stock up on cheap PCs during 2006 -- then that will affect the adoption cycle when Vista does get out to consumers. Phil Sim wrote: "Is Microsoft stuggling with Vista? Abso-farking-lutely. Not hitting that pre-Christmas deadline is one of, if not the BIGGEST screw-ups in Microsoft history. You cannot possibly underestimate how much angst this is going to cause Microsoft's hardware partners. You cannot possibly underestimate how much this is going to ruin Microsoft's Vista marketing plans. With this delay, Microsoft has pretty much single-handedly ruined Christmas for the PC industry. The single-biggest season for PC sales will flop because nobody is going to buy a PC when a new OS is just around the corner."

Posted by John Dowdell at March 26, 2006 09:49 AM

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Posted by: Jose Lora at March 26, 2006 11:00 AM