IMO. Prices will drop by Chinese New Year.
Sure. Maybe by a whole 10%. Only way prices are going to drop significantly is if 90% of the domestic market refuses to purchase system memory at such outrageous prices. Meanwhile, the prebuild industries such as DELL, HP, ACER, ASUS, etc. will still be buying up memory because they know people will be gullible enough to buy their ready-made products that they put together with their wholesale stock which, they too will have to pay more money for; but not nearly as much as the end user. The people who are really going to pay through the nose are the DIY PC builders like myself. Personally, I could give a rat's behind to the
AI industry behind this because my time in this regard is done. I already know that the issue is as political as it is economic. I'm quite certain the military knows it too. The genie is out of the bottle and there is no putting it back. The golden age of affordable system memory is over.
There are so many reasons for this: One is that big industry doesn't really want you building your own PC(s). Two is that we are entering a new era called
AI. Three is that big industry wants you to use their CLOUD services instead of you owning your own cloud. Sadly, another reason is because Microsoft. Perhaps I should just leave it at that. Because Microsoft is a good answer for many things and, in many cases, this is frequently a fairly accurate answer. Here are some examples: Why did my PC break. A: Because Microsoft. Why can't I install Windows on my PC? A: Because Microsoft. Why do I have to use TPM? A: Because Microsoft. Why is it so hard to keep
AI off my computer? A: Because Microsoft. etc.
Oh, it is a good generic answer alright but it isn't the only answer and the bigger answer is the
Consortium group that I used to yabber on and on about like a tin foil hat donning idiot, knowing full-well that Microsoft was and is part of that
Consortium. Because folks, there really was a
conspiracy and if you do the research you can still find it but you have to dig deep. TPM was a big part of this. TPM was their brain child. There were over 200 names on that list of conspirators to bring TPM2 to fruition. This is NOT fiction. The
Consortium also knew that once they put this puppy in place system memory costs would go through the roof. Our tech was being prepared for
AI.
Everyone and their dog knows that
AI is the primary reason behind this push and that, my friends, is the real reason your hardware, not just system memory, is going to be horrendously expensive. Trust me when I say system memory won't be the only thing skyrocketing. The reality is that if it needs silicon you are gonna pay through the nose for it. I remember when GFX cards were so expensive for the domestic end user the buyer was better off buying a prebuild and removing the graphics card and selling the rest for parts. . . Brand new parts. Well, those days are gone too because graphics cards need silicon too. I don't see the cost of CPUs dropping any time soon either. So here is how we will continue to lose:
1) Keep using
AI
2) Keep buying system memory
3) Make sure all your PCs have TPM2
4) Always purchase software that is compatible with AI and TPM2
5) Keep on buying new tech. The newer the better.
6) Make sure if you have a Windows operating system that you have it linked to a Microsoft account.
7) Use cloud services. Use One Drive.
Hey, it's raining outside so you might as well just run outside and start putting holes in your roof while you're at it coz ain't no way you're gonna stop the rain. lol
Be compliant!
