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New It has finally come to this
Last night I went to Best Buy. They had recently remodeled the store so I strolled around to see what's changed. The computer are looked very different ...

There were no desktop machines on display; only laptops.

As nice as laptops are for people, I still prefer a desktop for easy access to replace or upgrading parts. Silly me - I'm now a dinosaur.




"Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from."

-- E.L. Doctorow
New Yes, dinosaur - that is . . .
. . if you're the kind of person who would buy a computer from Best Buy :)
New The stores prefer laptops
Stores prefer laptops because they have a higher profit margin. From what I'm told it's substantially better in practice, because not only do they get a better margin on the units, but they cost less to keep in the stores. Smaller size, fewer options and they don't become obsolete quite as fast.

Jay
New Also competition is deliberately limited by manufacturers.
I have never sold new notebooks to any of my clients, because I can't offer the latest models. Manufacturers limit distribution of new models to the big chain stores and no-one else can get them, even from a top distributor like Tech Data, until they are replaced by newer models. I imagine they enforce price controls, legal or not, on the chains as well.
     It has finally come to this - (lincoln) - (3)
         Yes, dinosaur - that is . . . - (Andrew Grygus)
         The stores prefer laptops - (jay) - (1)
             Also competition is deliberately limited by manufacturers. - (Andrew Grygus)

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