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Blade_Jones · 03-05-2009, 12:17 AM

With the prices of computers dropping year after year will there come a day when the "computer repair guy" becomes like the "TV set repair guy" of yesteryear? Will a computer be like one big field replaceable unit? I look at places like Geek Squad charging $200 to diagnose and repair a computer. Soon a decent new computer will cost only $200. You really can't go wrong when buying a cheap new computer when compared to what was available even 6 years ago. New computers are as low as $300.

All in all I think people are always gonna have a thirst for the latest and fastest technology, then when it breaks down it will always be more cost effective to have it repaired than to toss it.

One thing that seems like it will never become obsolete is data recovery.

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Blade_Jones Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Pacific Palisades, CA Posts: 454 OS: 2000, XP, Vista, Ubuntu	The future of the computer repair biz? Weigh in... With the prices of computers dropping year after year will there come a day when the "computer repair guy" becomes like the "TV set repair guy" of yesteryear? Will a computer be like one big field replaceable unit? I look at places like Geek Squad charging $200 to diagnose and repair a computer. Soon a decent new computer will cost only $200. You really can't go wrong when buying a cheap new computer when compared to what was available even 6 years ago. New computers are as low as $300. All in all I think people are always gonna have a thirst for the latest and fastest technology, then when it breaks down it will always be more cost effective to have it repaired than to toss it. One thing that seems like it will never become obsolete is data recovery. Last edited by Blade_Jones; 03-05-2009 at 12:19 AM.