This Is Exactly How Fast the Windows Monopoly Is Being Destroyed(slate.com)

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This Is Exactly How Fast the Windows Monopoly Is Being Destroyed

http://www.slate.com/blogs/business_insider/2013/07/21/microsoft_windows_monopoly_three_charts_that_show_its_demise.html

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voltagex_13 anni fa

It worries me that the flight to tablets and other not-PCs will cause a return to the $4000 PCs of the 90s (at least, I can remember my father paying about that for a 486DX)

markcmyers13 anni fa

I wouldn't worry too much about this. Shrinking markets usually mean price wars. As PC growth stalls, today's equivalent of your father's $4000 PC now sells for under $400.

rtpg13 anni fa

Really? Wouldn't less players mean each individually has more influence on the market, therefore price hikes?

Things seem to get more expensive in shrinking markets (magazines, for example)