Yes, mine is quite weak (Athlon X2 5050e, onboard HD3300 GPU sharing DDR2 system RAM plus 128MB dedicated sideport DDR3 RAM, 4GB ECC DDR2 RAM), and I won't upgrade it until next year. If the newest AMD APUs will be powerful enough for my needs, I'll use one of them to build another low-price, low-power consumption PC, and I'll be fine with one just slightly more powerful than 8th gen consoles, but at least twice as much RAM, and ECC. And I'll keep Windows 7.
Deciding RAM size and bonus features like ECC, being able to use write/rewrite optical drives, and to run whatever OS and SW I want on it, paying games a lot less, being able to use the same machine both for serious stuff and entertainment and having all the drivers I need for my peripherals, like scanner and printer, are PC benefits that go far beyond raw power.
OTOH, consoles are quick and easy to run, and when some crappy DRM messes Windows up they'd allow me to play even if I don't want to fix Windows immediately, so I could buy also one of them, but surely later, not at launch price.
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