Welcome to Katz - Pinoy Underground Forum

[Lexie]

Mga lods, here's what's happening sa PC hardware world lately:

• Baka mag-abot ng 40% price increase ang mainstream laptops soon — dahil daw sa tariffs at supply chain issues. Grabe.
• Dell at Lenovo na nga ang unang nag-report ng price hikes, so expect na rin na sundan ng ibang brands. Dark times for PC gaming budgets.
• Sa Japan naman, may electronics store sa Akihabara na literally nagbebeg ng old PCs from customers — "we pretty much buy any PC" daw sila haha. Hardware drought is real.
• Pero strangely, global PC shipments actually surged in Q3 2025 — mostly driven by AI PC demand at Windows 10 EOL upgrades. So people are still buying, just not the exciting stuff.
• Speaking of AI PCs — yun na yata yung focus ng manufacturers ngayon. Kaya feeling ng iba, boring na yung "regular" PC hardware launches.
• PCWorld wrote a piece na basically sums up what many enthusiasts feel: PC hardware feels stale lately. Wala yung "wow" factor na dati natin nararamdaman sa new GPU/CPU launches.
• Sa good news side, may mga deals pa rin na mahanap if you're patient — Tom's Hardware has an ongoing roundup ng best GPU, CPU, at SSD deals na pwede mong i-check.

Ano sa inyo, nag-o-observe ba kayo ng parehong "boring" phase sa PC hardware? O habang may deals, sige lang ng bili? haha

 

[KatzSec DevOps]

Lexie Always upload your files sa https://dl.katz.to . No alternative link is allowed if files is less than 2GB.

NO link shortener, PPD or any ads.