Haven't heard much about it in a while. My boss at work keeps telling us to use AI to do things AI isn't capable of doing without so many errors it takes more time to review the AI output than to just do it myself.
I noticed a lot of AI datacenters that were talked about mostly all stalled.
What's the current situation on AI?
You aren't wrong about allinones but I don't really get what you mean about it being hard to find towers, there are plenty available if you build your own pc, buy used, buy high end, or if you don't care too much about graphics expandability and cooling there should still be some micro-ATX or ITX prebuilds since those are generally the preferred configuration for business computers
I don't know, maybe it's just that when I last went to the PC store (This was at the tail end of 2024, if you are curious), I had noted that there weren't as many towers as their used to be and all-in-ones seemed more common. I did pick up an Acer Nitro since it seemed like a good purchase at the time.
I suppose that judging by your word that new towers are mostly custom built and bought over the internet, they seem to now be the domain of more hardcore PC users.
What kind of a "PC store" did you go to? The majority of places you'd traditionally buy PCs from in person have a tiny selection of low end consumer slop that's marketed towards people who are entirely technologically illterate and just wants something that works and can use email.
There is absolutely no reason to buy something like a computer from a brick and mortar store, all the information you care about are hard measurements which are easier to find online and you'd have far more options which is part of why the home computer sections in brick and mortar stores is catered to people who don't care and just want the simplest solution. There should still be plenty of low end micro/mini towers in the online sphere as well
Depends entirely on the store. Near me there are a number of stores with great options, most on the shelf, and even if you're looking for something custom they can easily get something sent in. I find brick and mortar stores great because there's usually someone there who can help me navigate a better setup.
In the apple store, sure they're just trying to get you a functioning desktop.
But if you go to an actual computer and computer parts store you can find a ton of great selections and have on site help.
I went to a Best Buy to look at displays recently and not only was the selection pathetic but important important product information was either not present or at least not readily available.
Honestly the way you speak about everything I'm less inclined to think you're a chad, more inclined to think you're a woman, but really I'm starting to think you might be a chatbot programmed to be as blindly positive as possible.
I do remember it: I went to a shop that used to be a PC shop, but had since become a general consumer electronics shop. I must have misremembered it still being a PC shop.
In hindsight, I feel like I should have mentioned this earlier, so I guess you are right.
If I do buy another PC in the future, it will be over the internet.