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Yoiutube post from Gamers Nexus Steve. Whilst probably concerning Gaming more than anything, it nevertheless has implications for the existence of PC's and therefore by extension the ability to run IP CCTV:
Interesting Youtube Post - End of PC's?
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As a PC Gamer from Doom/Wolfenstein days I have seen many things happen with PCs, this is not the first time memory prices doubled/tripled as well as chip prices. When Gaming Consoles became popular with the youth due to their low pricing and game support, PC sales started it's decline. So this decline has been going on for a long time now. But Consoles are not cheap anymore. Gaming PCs have never been cheap. When Mining drove up the GPU pricing it never came down, well not to where it was prior. unlike when the Chip prices went up due to manufacturing plants being shut down/slowed down in the pass, their prices went back to reasonable cost. For a long time you could get a good GPU for about $250-300, this is double today, yet CPUs are only about $100 more than a decade or more ago. Our family, 3 of us bought Gen 2 i7 CPU for $200 on sale back in the day, we all built new PCs at the same time, will never forget that, I actually bought two, built 2, one was a HTPC. One family member still has the same PC running today 
, of course not for gaming...
The Gaming Market is Huge, it will always be around. Billions upon billions. Wow half a trillion in 2025.
Consoles Are PCs, keep that in mind.
There is a cost to gaming, looking at Console prices and comparing them to a low-end gaming PC now a days, there is not much difference, not like in the past were PCs cost 2-3 times more.
What's my point, I have heard many. many. many times that PCs are going away. Maybe one day but when companies stop using them then the PC will die, until then they will be around/available.
Back in my IT days if MACs were not used we built Gaming PCs for our Desktop Publishing Departments which cost double or more than a standard desktop for most workers, Execs always wanted laptops. One of my IT jobs was a Call Center, we had around 300 PCs we were managing...it was a 400 node network...
, of course not for gaming...The Gaming Market is Huge, it will always be around. Billions upon billions. Wow half a trillion in 2025.
Consoles Are PCs, keep that in mind.
There is a cost to gaming, looking at Console prices and comparing them to a low-end gaming PC now a days, there is not much difference, not like in the past were PCs cost 2-3 times more.
What's my point, I have heard many. many. many times that PCs are going away. Maybe one day but when companies stop using them then the PC will die, until then they will be around/available.
Back in my IT days if MACs were not used we built Gaming PCs for our Desktop Publishing Departments which cost double or more than a standard desktop for most workers, Execs always wanted laptops. One of my IT jobs was a Call Center, we had around 300 PCs we were managing...it was a 400 node network...
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Arjun
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How did heck prices went up?!As a PC Gamer from Doom/Wolfenstein days I have seen many things happen with PCs, this is not the first time memory prices doubled/tripled as well as chip prices. When Gaming Consoles became popular with the youth due to there low pricing and game support, PC sales started it's decline. So this decline has been going on for a long time now. But Consoles are not cheap anymore. Gaming PCs have never been cheap. When Mining drove up the GPU pricing it never came down, well not to where it was prior. unlike when the Chip prices went up due to manufacturing plants being shut down/slowed down in the pass, their prices went back to reasonable cost. For a long time you could get a good GPU for about $250-300, this is double today, yet CPUs are only about $100 more than a decade or more ago. Our family, 3 of us bought Gen 2 i7 CPU for $200 on sale back in the day, we all built new PCs at the same time, will never forget that, I actually bought two, built 2, one was a HTPC. One family member still has the same PC running today
The Gaming Market is Huge, it will always be around. Billions upon billions. Wow half a trillion in 2025.
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Consoles Are PCs, keep that in mind.
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There is a cost to gaming, looking at Console prices and comparing them to a low-end gaming PC now a days, there is not much different, not like in the past were PCs cost 2-3 times more.
What's my point, I have heard many. many. many times that PCs are going away. Maybe one day but when companies stop using them then the PC will die, until then they will be around/available.
Back in my IT days if MACs were not used we built Gaming PCs for our Desktop Publishing Departments which cost double or more a standard desktop for most workers, Execs always wanted laptops. One of my IT jobs was a Call Center, we had around 300 PCs we were managing...it was a 400 node network...