IBM's John Patrick notes that in the past PC makers were quite pleased with their cyclical model in which they could produce new products "twice as powerful at half the price" every 18 months. In the future, this cycle could be reduced to 18 days or even 18 hours.
IBM 派屈克則指出，以往個人電腦時代，業者總是標榜每十八個月「功能加強一倍、價格便宜一半」的循環模式，未來這種循環，可能加快到每十八天、甚至十八個小時就翻轉一次。