Mike Langberg of the San Jose Mercury News takes a trip down memory lane and compares a Fry’s Electronics advertising supplement from May, 1997 with one from this past weekend. While it’s nothing all that surprising – DVD players cost 10% of what they used to, and a 200MHz Sony desktop cost $2,199 then while a 2.4GHz model sells for $799 today – all of this price cutting is hurting Silicon Valley and leading to further cutbacks and consolidations.
