Entry Level PC Market Predicted To Totally Vanish By 2028

Holy Houdini, if the latest market projections from analyst firm Gartner prove correct, we're only two years away from sub-$500 PCs vanishing from the market entirely. The reason, as you may have already surmised, is a continued strain on memory and storage that will drive up prices even further, which in turn will send PC worldwide PC shipments plummeting.

Take a look around at the landscape for standalone memory and storage products and you'll end up depressed. Be that as it may, Gartner believes things are about to go from bad to worse, with the market research firm estimating a massive 130% surge in combined DRAM and solid state drive (SSD) prices by the end of this year.

Should that happen, it will drive PC prices up 17% and smartphone prices by 13% compared to 2025 level. Likewise, the firm is predicting a 10.4% drop in ...