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Used computers are increasingly popular in the developing world, thanks to PC upgrade cycles in the West and a certain reluctance to pay for software licences, says GartnerDemand for second-hand PCs is soaring in parts of the developing world, analyst group Gartner reported on Wednesday.
Gartner has found that demand for used computers is outstripping supply in regions such as Eastern Europe; the Middle East and Africa; Latin America; and parts of the Asia-Pacific region — a trend it expects to accelerate over the next few years.
"The demand for [second-hand] PCs continues to exceed supply, providing opportunistic but potentially lucrative opportunities for specialised intermediaries and resellers or vendors looking to resell used PCs," said Meike Escherich, principal analyst for Gartner’s client platforms research group, in a statement.
ZDNet UK Article
Certainly alot of the PC's on the market today are just plain "overkill" for what most folks are doing.
Unless your PC is being used for alot of multimedia gaming, or digital video editing you honestly don't need what's on the market today.
If all you do is lightweight office tasks, web surfing and e-mail the old "clunker" is fine ...especially if you switch over to Linux...which allows you to get a few more years out of "old faithful".
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posted 28 September 2005 08:30 PM
