Recent comments attributed to Jeff Bezos are resurfacing with fresh urgency as the global RAM shortage collides with the AI boom. The Amazon founder has long argued that personal computing will follow the same path as electricity: first local and expensive, later centralized and rented from the grid. With memory manufacturers prioritizing AI data centers, that idea suddenly feels less theoretical.

Pressure on consumer hardware is no longer subtle. DRAM shortages, rising SSD costs and uncertain GPU supply are pushing the price of traditional PCs upward, slowly but steadily. Analysts now warn that buying a powerful local machine could soon resemble a luxury purchase rather than a default option for work or play.

Cloud-based computing already exists in fragments. Cloud gaming platforms, virtual desktops and browser-based AI tools hint at a future where the “PC” is mostly an interface, not a box. Bezos’ vision suggests this patchwork will eventually harden into a standard model, whether consumers like it or not.

The shift may not happen overnight, but the direction feels clear enough. As AI absorbs hardware resources, ownership could quietly give way to access, rented by the month. It sounds extreme, yet so did streaming movies once.
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