{"id":1550153,"date":"2026-04-10T10:23:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T10:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/KiqVysCLWHp2zMDcu5zu4j"},"modified":"2026-04-10T10:23:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T10:23:40","slug":"framework-there-is-a-very-real-scenario-in-which-personal-computing-as-we-know-it-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/framework-there-is-a-very-real-scenario-in-which-personal-computing-as-we-know-it-is-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Framework: ‘There is a very real scenario in which personal computing as we know it is dead’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Framework is hosting a live launch event called “Next Gen” on April 21, and to pair with this announcement, it has posted a self-described manifesto<\/a> on the state of the PC market. In it, Framework founder Nirav Patel says, “I built this company specifically to reset and fix a broken industry”, and claims that mission has not yet been accomplished.<\/p>\n

Patel notes the prices of memory, storage, and silicon going up to unprecedented levels in an “AI-first world in which access to compute is metered by the token”. He also states, “there is a very real scenario in which personal computing as we know it is dead.”<\/p>\n

Effectively, the argument is that with so many resources being pumped into the cloud, and PC hardware becoming ever more expensive, those without massive piles of cash are disincentivised from owning the hardware they are using. “The industry is asking you to own nothing and be happy. Computers are no longer a bicycle for the mind. They are becoming the self-driving car that takes you directly to the destination.”<\/p>\n

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