maximillianos - 3:48 pm on Jan 22, 2009 (gmt 0)

From my perspective I think many consumers have reached a point where they don't need a new PC every few years.

More and more applications are moving to the web and run through browsers. You don't need a quad-core monster machine with 4GB of RAM to run a web browser. You might need it to run a slick background on Vista... ;-)

Seriously, this is a trend that will continue. Folks don't need so much horsepower any more... hence old machines will work for many more years for what folks need them for... email and web.