[HumblyTossed]

It will be interesting to see what happens to the consumer electronics market the next few years. Companies are right now gambling that consumers will pay extra because of RAM shortages. I suspect with the cost of everything else rising as well, a large portion of consumers (remember, HN, not everyone makes tech money) will just not be buying new devices for a bit.

[CTDOCodebases]

I think I'm in this boat. I'm just choosing to interact with technology less. Everything has just gotten more hostile that it has reached a tipping point.

[ColdStream]

I just upgraded from a Lenovo T400 to a Carbon X1 4th gen for $100. I can ride out this storm longer than the storm can continue.

My needs are much lower than what the market demands.

[Cyan488]

I'm with you on this one. I'll be using my 11th gen i5 and GTX3080 for the foreseeable future. The 'hostility' you mention puts me off doing so more than price of an upgrade.

[downrightmike]

OS makers are going to have to support older hardware longer. Win10 is already pushed out another year because MSFT tried to force new hardware for Win11.