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It's either the Chromebook effect: people are just buying slower computers, possibly in poorer-ish countries.

Or: The average speed of new computers just isn't going up. People are just buying lower end computers because they're good enough. I think it's mostly that: the average is just trending a bit lower because lower is fine. The thirst for the high end is disappearing for most segments, because people don't need it.



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