Major Japanese electronics store begs customers for their old PCs as hardware drought continues — ‘we pretty much buy any PC’ pleads the Akihabara outlet
https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/pc-building/major-japanese-electronics-store-begs-customers-for-their-old-pcs-as-hardware-drought-continues-we-pretty-much-buy-any-pc-pleads-the-akihabara-outlet
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jodanlime@midwest.social · 42 pts · 238d
I have a feeling it's going to be the norm for the next few years. I think we are about to enter a personal computer dark age.
ZeDoTelhado@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 238d
As long am4 and 12th gen survives on these dark times we got chances of getting through this
Rooster326@programming.dev · 5 pts · 237d
Obligatory
Rentlar@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 238d
Xitter comments indicate that the PCs should be of sufficient spec to achieve a good sell value. So if it's not Win 11 compatible then Sofmap can't price it in hopes to resell them according to the social media responder.
SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org · 10 pts · 238d
Then they're in deep... I don't think there's a lot of win11-allowed hardware that people has just lying around.
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social · 3 pts · 238d
I work in IT. People will often casually dump their hardware because it's now working the way they want.
SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org · 1 pts · 237d
Just today I heard of someone planning to get a new phone cause he had no more space on it...
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social · 1 pts · 237d
That's why my wife wanted a new phone. It's a s21+, so the only upgrades with more space are $$$. Anything free is the same size. We transferred her photos and it was full again in a month.
She had to go delete her old conversations to make significant space.
SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org · 1 pts · 236d
Maybe you could lower her camera resolution, doubt she needs 50+Mpixels for every photo.
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social · 1 pts · 236d
No, she needs it.
She's a hobbyist photographer, so she does take many pics. I'm planning on setting her up with storage space on the NAS. Also, clearing her chart history was a big deal.
BootLoop@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 237d
Although being allowed by MS to run Win 11 is a bad indicator of it being compatible. I've run Win 11 on some old machines that didn't meet the compatibility but it ran well. I've also used some dirt cheap new Win 11 devices with barely a CPU and 4gb RAM that should not be running that but is officially supported by Win 11.
MNByChoice@midwest.social · 16 pts · 238d
I am out of the loop and the article didn't provide the answers. I get the limited supply, but what PC shortage? Is this only impacting Japan? I see many advertisements in the USA for new PCs.
HubertManne@piefed.social · 17 pts · 238d
its do to the run on cpu and ram and graphics. shortage does not mean does not exist. just means higher prices and people more likely to buy used and refurbished.
alessandro@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 237d
There may not be a problem of Japan itself, but the act of this specific company in Japan that's responding to the "induced" PC hardware crisis. The induced doesn't mean that's some natural development (such as people is not buying PC anymore) but because critical components and materials (such as GPU/ram/SSD) are currently absorbed by the ongoing AI bubble eating and eating resources that are key for PC manufacturing.
MNByChoice@midwest.social · 1 pts · 237d
I get the prices are going up, and DDR5 is hard to get. There are still many computers on the shelves locally.
Why is this specific company in Japan failing to get computers when so many others are doing an decent job of it?
SpaceMan9000@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 237d
Stores in this district also sell used devices. Due to the price of new hardware, people are holding on to their new hardware and do not sell it.
frongt@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 238d
Because new is unavailable, people buy old.
etherphon@midwest.social · 2 pts · 238d
Jumi@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 237d
If my pc dies I'm going to perish with it