PC pricing seeing rare jump due to shortages

The cost of computers may actually go up in the near future if a new Gartner study reflects a current trend. Even though components have dropped in price roughly 7.8 percent in the past decade, prices in 2010 are now actually expected to increase by 2.8 percent. Most of the increase comes on the back of LCD and RAM shortages. The two could see their prices pushed as much as 23 and 20 percent higher by the end of the year, according to the analysts....

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