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GBH713 posted...

I think this is where it becomes not worth it for a lot of people. Do you need a $600 PC for non gaming tasks? Some people obviously will, but I wonder how many. I've bought a console this year for the first time in a while and use that for gaming (I don't play a huge number of games, so a few a year will do for me), and I don't know that I've turned my PC on in 2024. My smartphone is great for anything that would have been casual PC usage, and I've got a laptop from my employer for work. Outside of PC gamers, a lot of people I know have a laptop or tablet or just a smartphone. I think there just isn't a need for PCs for most people in the way that there was.

I'd say nobody truly needs a $600 pc for regular stuff but people often spend more anyway on stuff like MacBooks because what you're really paying for is not power but a better experience. Like aluminum chassis on laptops is objectively inferior to plastic but it "feels nicer" so people pay a premium for it.

Paying a little extra money to get something that makes you happier while doing common tasks is never a waste of money.