The analyst firm predicts: "Ultimately, we expect the sub-$500 entry-level

>PC segment will disappear by 2028"

In a new report from the analyst firm (which was spotted by VGC), Gartner

>observes that 'entry-level PCs face obsolescence' due to the spiking cost of
>RAM, which is expected to peak this year at 23% of the total bill-of-material
>for a PC (on average) . up from 16% in 2025.

You cam understand the cost of RAM going up but those numbers don't really
make sense. 2 years ago I bought an SSD with 256 Gig of RAM for $25.99 Cdn.
Is RAM now or going to start costing 10 or 15 times that much?

This sounds like scare tactics to sell computers Now..

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Hi Rob,

On 2026-03-06 10:27:09, you wrote to MIKE POWELL:

You cam understand the cost of RAM going up but those numbers don't
really make sense. 2 years ago I bought an SSD with 256 Gig of RAM for $25.99 Cdn. Is RAM now or going to start costing 10 or 15 times that
much?

We use micro SD cards in a product at work. They used to cost about 15 Euros for a 8GB card like half a year ago. This week I got a quote for 78,90 Euros each. So that is almost 5 times as high.


Bye, Wilfred.

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You cam understand the cost of RAM going up but those numbers don't really make sense. 2 years ago I bought an SSD with 256 Gig of RAM for $25.99 Cdn. Is RAM now or going to start costing 10 or 15 times that much?

This sounds like scare tactics to sell computers Now..

Could certainly be. No doubt, AI demand (and the apparent closing of a facility that made RAM) isn't helping matters.

Mike


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You cam understand the cost of RAM going up but those numbers don't
really make sense. 2 years ago I bought an SSD with 256 Gig of RAM for $25.99 Cdn. Is RAM now or going to start costing 10 or 15 times that
much?

We use micro SD cards in a product at work. They used to cost about 15 Euros

> a 8GB card like half a year ago. This week I got a quote for 78,90 Euros ea
>So that is almost 5 times as high.

Wow.. I haven't had to buy any SD Cards in a couple of years now but
I've bought 8gig SD cards for what would be about 5.7 Euros.

A quick look at Walmart Canada Online shows 64 gig cards on at
(converted) 10.76 Euros and 128 gigs for 17 Euros. There's even
a 10 pack of 32 gig ones on at 108 Euros and a super deal pack
of ten 256 gig cards for only 78.75 Euros so, unless you are
getting something totally different I'm not sure why your prices
seem to be so high.

All that said, there are some wild price swings for different
makes or through different suppliers TO Walmart so it looks
like they can cost almost anything..

(i.e.. One Sandisk 128 gig for 117.7 Euros)

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You cam understand the cost of RAM going up but those numbers don't really

>> make sense. 2 years ago I bought an SSD with 256 Gig of RAM for $25.99 Cdn.
>> Is RAM now or going to start costing 10 or 15 times that much?

This sounds like scare tactics to sell computers Now..

Could certainly be. No doubt, AI demand (and the apparent closing of a

>facility that made RAM) isn't helping matters.

No, it all works against what were rapidly dropping prices a very
few years ago. And it may depend on the exact format the memory
is in. In another note talking about Micro SD Cards prices seemed
ridiculously high in Europe but when I checked current prices here
there were still some in stock super prices.

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Hi Rob,

On 2026-03-08 08:07:24, you wrote to me:

We use micro SD cards in a product at work. They used to cost about
15 Euros a 8GB card like half a year ago. This week I got a quote
for 78,90 Euros ea So that is almost 5 times as high.

Wow.. I haven't had to buy any SD Cards in a couple of years now but
I've bought 8gig SD cards for what would be about 5.7 Euros.

A quick look at Walmart Canada Online shows 64 gig cards on at
(converted) 10.76 Euros and 128 gigs for 17 Euros. There's even
a 10 pack of 32 gig ones on at 108 Euros and a super deal pack
of ten 256 gig cards for only 78.75 Euros so, unless you are
getting something totally different I'm not sure why your prices
seem to be so high.

They are "Industrial", with better specs then the regular consumer versions.

All that said, there are some wild price swings for different
makes or through different suppliers TO Walmart so it looks
like they can cost almost anything..

(i.e.. One Sandisk 128 gig for 117.7 Euros)

I think you have to get used to higher prices. Maybe what you are qouting is old stock for old prices?

Bye, Wilfred.

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Hello Wilfred!

** On Sunday 08.03.26 - 22:16, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to Rob Mccart:

They are "Industrial", with better specs then the regular consumer versions.

Is that for those climate-control facilities, with high humidity?


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Hi August,

On 2026-03-08 22:33:00, you wrote to me:

** On Sunday 08.03.26 - 22:16, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to Rob Mccart:

They are "Industrial", with better specs then the regular consumer
versions.

Is that for those climate-control facilities, with high humidity?

The are for the climate-control computers. Their environment shouldn't be with high humidity, but they should last a long time.


Bye, Wilfred.

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All that said, there are some wild price swings for different
makes or through different suppliers TO Walmart so it looks
like they can cost almost anything..
(i.e.. One Sandisk 128 gig for 117.7 Euros)

I think you have to get used to higher prices. Maybe what you are qouting is

> stock for old prices?

All I could tell from the ad is that they have them in stock to send
out immediately. The more expensive one above might have been a
higher end card like the ones that you get..

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