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Entry level PCs costing less than $500 ‘will disappear by 2028’, research firm predicts (www.videogameschronicle.com)

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[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 80 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Along with anything else costing less than $500.

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[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 8 months ago (2 children)

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[–] YoiksAndAway@piefed.zip 12 points 8 months ago

Adjusting for inflation, a $10 banana in 2003 would cost about $17.50 today. Probably a lot worse if tariffs are factored in.

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[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 6 points 8 months ago

Damn that joke becomes less and less funny each year

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[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago

Well, if the USD loses it's reserve currency status, even $1000 or $2000 are perfectly possible in 2 years.

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