Tech
Technology Prices…
The general prices of technology products in the last 5 years has come down significantly. I mean think back to the last computer that you bought; mostly likely the price that you paid for the internal components of the computer are considerably more expensive per part then what you can get today. That is not even saying that the computer you are buying today is like a twin turbo on NOS compared to the technology of yesterday.
I get a weekly email from newegg.com that has their latest “hot deals” and every week I am astonished by how low some of the prices are for the various components. System RAM is the product that I notice the most. I mean 2 GB of quality RAM would have cost you around $125 and today you can buy quality RAM for $50. That is a crazy price drop in the industry.
The reason that I was thinking about this topic and wrote about it is because I want to know what others think about this topic. What do you think of the price drop in the technology industry? Do you think that this is a sign of a falling technology and if so what is new to come? Your thoughts on the subject?
CES vs. MacWorld…
As I was thinking of what to write about this week, my original plan was to try and pick one product from the CES lineup and do a virtual review. But that is not what I decided to do. Instead I thought that I would do a broad review comparing CES to MacWorld.
So this is not a direct or fair comparison as the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) convention covers all things that are technology related, while MacWorld is Apple product specific. But since Apple doesn’t have a real presence at CES I think that this is how most people feel; that CES does compare to MacWorld.
Without getting to many details involved more people come to CES then they do MacWorld but that number is vastly changing as more people are buying and becoming more interested in Apple products. If I had to choose between going to CES and MacWorld I would go to CES because there are so many categories and various products revealed that would keep my interest rather then just focusing on one brand of technology.
I think that CES is the better technology convention because they get all of the major brands as well as new and innovative products into the showroom floor. With that said I am still interested in what MacWorld brings to the technology universe every year.
If you have any thoughts or incite into the CES vs. MacWorld comparison email me or leave a comment to this post by clicking on the comments link below this post.
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