PC Prices Reach $300 Milestone

Carl Bialik from the WSJ writes "Prices for fully loaded, name-brand PCs have slipped below $300 in the last few weeks, a major milestone. 'Ten or so years ago, when PCs cost five or even 10 times what they do now, it was common for analysts to say that they would never become a staple in homes until they were priced the way consumer electronics were, usually defined as costing less than $300,' Lee Gomes writes in the Wall Street Journal. 'In the days when PCs were $2,000 and even more, that target seemed to be something of a fantasy. Now, PCs cost less than some telephones--and less than a lot of TV sets--and can be found in roughly three-quarters of U.S. homes. But while they are priced like consumer electronics, the machines still aren't even remotely as easy to use, and the trend lines there aren't particularly encouraging.'"

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WSJ articles...

[Junior J. Junior III]

Hey, I just noticed something... The Wall Street Journal was (I thought) one of the few successful pay-for-access websites on the internet. What's with these free articles? Is this a new thing for them? If so, t's kindof cool.

Re:Put Linux On It

[jedidiah]

ANY high throughput USB device is going to be problematic, PERIOD.

Assuming I just didn't tell them to get themselves the $100 dvd recorder that everyone and their mother's cat has been advertising lately, I'd steer them at least towards firewire (regardless of OS).

It appears that you've never done this sort of thing under any OS and are pretty much full of sh*t.