Obsolescence Drives Computer Prices Down
By Brudirect’s Own Azaraimy H Hasib
azairamy@brudirect.com 

Bandar Seri Begawan – Prices of computer parts are going down in various shops across the nation due to obsolescent in a fast changing technology, fuelled more by the economic slowdown, a survey indicated.

Prices of memory, a most upgradeable computer part, were also slashed greatly.

Popular parts like Edo-RAM (Read Access Memory) memory are quickly disappearing from shops’ shelves as they are being replaced by SD-RAM memory.

Just a few months back, the 64 MB Edo RAM were sold at over $150. Now shops are selling them below $60, a more than 50% cut.

Other parts like hard drives, memory, soundcards, floppy drives, CD-ROM drives, video cards, mouse, CDR drives, fans, monitors, power supply, modem and CPU (Central Processing Unit) all saw their prices go down rapidly as time went by.

The PCI video card is not being used in making new computers. They are priced cheaper than before, as shops are trying to “finish” the stocks.

Some shops however refuse to sell them at lower prices, although they are selling at cost price.

“Unlike other shops, we are still selling them at cost price because that’s what we paid to get them, and majority of people still using them,” said a shop assistant in Kiulap.

“There is no point to keep them in stock if people are changing to a new and better model,” said another shop person.

The recent Lehman Brothers survey indicates that computer users may triple in Asia for the next three years.

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