No, the sub-$500 PC market will not disappear by 2028 - Au contraire, I expect it to thrive. Here's why

Gartner, the analyst firm that once predicted Windows Phone would take over the iPhone by 2015 and said that the personal computer would wither the same year (because of tablets), now wants us to believe that the sub-$500 PC will disappear by 2028.

I bet some serious NFT* money that this won't materialize as this price bracket accounts for about a third of the total addressable market. (*oh wait, that was another Gartner prediction that didn't happen).

The argument that Ranjit Atwal, senior director analyst at Gartner, put forward is that prices will continue to rise and rise as component producers choose to prioritize higher margin products.