Desktop sales are in the toilet, be it Intel or AMD. PC Gaming has probably saved the desktop from extinction.
Yeah.
Someone in another thread pointed out a complete ZBox setup including pre-installed Win10 Home, for slightly over $200. (4GB RAM, expandable to 8GB, and 32GB storage, supposedly M.2, not eMMC)
Not too shabby, for a Mom-PC.
But then I started thinking, she doesn't even use the two desktop PCs that I built her, anymore. She just uses her laptop. (Edit: Which only has 2GB RAM, and runs 32-bit Windows. The two desktops have a 1037U, and an FM1 quad-core.)
So, for most people, why would they even bother with a desktop anymore?
Then again, I just repaired an older neighbor's desktop PC for them recently. (It was a Sandy Bridge, with a 320GB factory HDD.) So I guess it depends.
Edit: Aside from updating, a mini-PC / ITX / STX PC, to enable the newest video decode standards, there's really not all that much reason to upgrade most desktop PCs, that are primarily used for content consumption / web browsing.
Edit: Though, I would be glad to upgrade Mom's desktop PCs with Bristol Ridge, and some AM4 ITX boards, should the possibility arise, and the price not be too steep. ($100+$100+$100, for CPU/mobo/RAM)