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title: PC prices are crashing
date: "2001-04-05T12:00:00Z"
categories:
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wp_id: 1842
description: I'm observing a significant crash in PC hardware prices. Open source hardware initiatives could potentially accelerate this market shift, leading to much cheaper components and a more accessible computing landscape for everyone.
keywords: [pc prices, open source hardware, hardware market, commoditization, computing costs]
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PC prices are crashing. [Open source hardware](http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5080214,00.html) could possibly accelerate that.