Instant Alerts Get email Alerts on stories that match your interest. To choose a keyword, click here. Choose the right expert at the right price, anytime day or night, at PC World Expert Help . If you're considering replacing an old computer, or buying a second one, now is the time. First, a well-publicized downturn in PC sales coupled with a slowing national economy has PC vendors scrambling for your business.
Smart shoppers can claim the spoils.
Advertisement PC prices are always going down, particularly as new technologies supplant the old. But the rate and pace of this year's declines are otherworldly. Compaq, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and others have followed suit. High-end systems have also seen dramatic downward price shifts. In some cases, vendors are throwing in the proverbial sink to close a deal.