The PC is a big durable goods item now. When the economy is slowing, people tend to reduce their spending on those kinds of things.

If you look at why people are not buying PCs, most of the things I've seen say it's not price, it's the usability, ... Consumers are asking themselves, 'Why do I need to upgrade?' So by reducing prices, I don't know that there is this huge unmet demand that's going to bring in a lot of new purchasers.

Typically, we see flat or slightly rising prices in December, because people are usually willing to pay more.

People didn't stop spending money, they just spent it on things that complement their PCs.

We haven't really given people a reason why they would want to own one yet.

We've backed ourselves into a very dangerous situation. The economy is dependent on everyone consuming like crazy. If everyone heard my diatribe and said, 'Yeah, we better start saving,' the economy would go into a recession.