Buying a computer used to be straightforward. Lately, it feels expensive, uncertain, and risky — even when the specs look better.
This video isn’t about benchmarks or brand loyalty. It’s about why so many people are walking away, returning new machines, or settling for less — and what changed underneath the market.
We’re living through one of the biggest shifts in computing since the 1980s, but almost nobody is talking about what it means for you — the person sitting at a keyboard.
Hardware prices are rising.
Performance gains are shrinking.
Windows is pushing hardware requirements.
Linux is drifting toward AI and the cloud.
And corporations are investing trillions into datacenters while quietly stepping away from consumer devices.
So what happens next?
This video isn’t about AI hype.
It’s about how the ground is moving beneath personal computing — and why millions of users feel the change but can’t yet explain it.
Part 1 lays the foundation.
Part 2 answers the question:
“If everything is being built for AI… what’s being built for us?”
Chapers
00:00 Intro
02:07 Smart Phones
03:03 Tablets – The Post-PC Era
04:13 Apple Silicon
05:25 Windows RT
06:30 Windows Copilot PC
07:43 RISC-V
08:46 Rising Prices
09:58 Price vs Performance
10:31 Repair or Used
16:42 Gentoo AI Code Policy
18:12 How Do We Know It’s AI-Generated Code?
19:15 Fedora AI Code Generation Policy
19:54 Linux Distros
20:13 The Open BSDs
20:15 NetBSD
20:37 OpenBSD AI Policy
20:46 FreeBSD
21:17 Rocky, Alma, and Oracle Linux
22:00 Thoughts on AI Policies
22:36 Wrap-Up