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In economics and engineering, the price/performance ratio refers to a product's ability to deliver performance, of any sort, for its price. en-academic.com EN RU DE ES FR Rememberthissite Embeddictionariesintoyourwebsite AcademicDictionariesandEncyclopedias ВсеязыкиРусскийАнглийскийИспанский────────AkanAlbanianAlsatianAltaicArabicAragoneseArmenianAromanianAsturianAymaraAzerbaijaniBagoboBashkirBasqueBelarusianBulgarianBuryatCatalanChechenCherokeeCheyenneChineseChuvashCircassianCreeCrimeanTatarlanguageCroatianCzechDanishDolganDutchErzyaEsperantoEstonianEvenkiFaroeseFinnishFrenchGeorgianGermanGreekGuaraníHaitianHebrewHindiHornjoserbskaHungarianIcelandicIdiomaurrumanoIndonesianIngushInupiaqIrishItalianJapaneseKabyleKarachayKazakhKhmerKlingonKomiKomiKoreanKumykKurdishKyrgyzLadinoLatinLatvianLingalaLithuanianLojbanLuxembourgishMacedonianMalayManchuMāoriMariMayaMokshaMongolianMycenaeanNahuatlNogaiNorthernSamiNorwegianOldChurchSlavonicOldRussianOrokOssetianOttomanTurkishPāliPanjabiPapiamentoPersianPolishPortugueseQuechuaQuenyaRomanian,MoldavianSanskritScottishGaelicSerbianShorSilesianSlovakSloveneSumerianSwahiliSwedishTagalogTajikTatarThaiTibetanStandardTofalarTurkishTurkmenTuvanTwiUdmurtUighurUkrainianUrduUzbekVepsVietnameseWarayWelshYakutYiddishYorubaYupik   ВсеязыкиРусскийАнглийскийИспанский────────ArmenianAzerbaijaniBasqueBulgarianCatalanChamorroCherokeeChineseChuvashCroatianCzechDanishDutchErzyaEstonianFaroeseFinnishFrenchGeorgianGermanGreekHaitianHebrewHindiHungarianIcelandicIndonesianIrishItalianJapaneseKazakhKlingonKoreanKurdishLatinLatvianLithuanianMacedonianMalayMalteseMāoriMariMokshaMongolianNorwegianOldChurchSlavonicOldRussianPāliPapiamentoPersianPolishPortugueseQuenyaRomanian,MoldavianSerbianSlovakSloveneSwahiliSwedishTagalogTamilTatarThaiTurkishUdmurtUighurUkrainianUrduVietnameseYoruba Search! Wikipedia Interpretations Wikipedia Price/performanceratio Price/performanceratio Ineconomicsandengineering,theprice/performanceratioreferstoaproduct'sabilitytodeliverperformance,ofanysort,foritsprice.Generallyspeaking,productswithahigherprice/performanceratioaremoredesirable,excludingotherfactors. Price/performanceisoftenwrittenas"price-performance"or"cost-performance".Eventhoughthistermwouldseemtobeastraightforwardratio,whenpriceperformanceisimproved,better,orincreased,itactuallyreferstotheperformancedividedbytheprice,inotherwordsexactlytheoppositeratiotorankaproductashavinganincreasedPrice/performance.Toavoidsuchconfusion,thewordratioisoftendroppedorthedashusedinstead.Technicalandnewspublicationsareoftensloppyintheircoverageofchangesinthesematters. Contents 1Examples 1.1Consumerandmedicalproducts 1.2Businessworld 1.3Computertechnology 2References Examples Consumerandmedicalproducts AccordingtofuturistRaymondKurzweil,productsstartoutashighlyineffectiveandhighlyexpensive.[1]Gradually,productsbecomemoreeffectiveandcheaperuntiltheyarehighlyeffectiveandalmostfreetopurchase.[1]SomeoftheproductsthathavefollowedthisexampleincludeAIDSmedications(whicharecurrentlyunaffordabletothemajorityofAIDSsufferers),text-to-speechprograms,anddigitalcameras.[1]However,productsthatrelyprimarilyonpaper(i.e.,newspapersandtoiletpaper)and/orfossilfuels(i.e.,electricityinmostcountriesandpetroleumgasolineforautomobiles)haveonlyincreasedinprice.Thisdirectlycontradictsthetrendofelectronicgadgetslikenetbooks,desktopcomputers,andlaptopcomputersdecreasinginprice.Intheory,thismeansthattherichpeoplehaveaccesstohighlyinefficienttechnologies,medicaltreatments,andtherapies(thatareprototypicalinnature)whilethepoorgetaccesstothesesameproductswhentheybecomemoreefficientandeasiertomanufactureseveralyearsdowntheroad.[1] Businessworld Duringthelatter1990s,thecost-performanceratiosofthelargermainframesystemsfelltremendouslyincomparisontoanumberofsmallermicrocomputershandlingthesameload.Asaresult,manyoftheoldercomputercompanieswereshutdownandpeoplewereputoutofwork.However,mostofthemwereabletobere-hiredatthenewercorporationsafterundergoingaseriesofre-traininginvolvingthenewertechnologies. Inthebusinessworld,thereisusuallyavalueassociatedwithatypicalcost-performanceratioanalysis.Thisvaluecaneitherbepositive,neutral,ornegativedependingontheamountofmoneyspentversustheresultsachievedbythespendingoftheavailablecapital.Acost-performanceratiowithapositivevalue(i.e.greaterthan1)indicatesthatcostsarerunningunderbudget.[2]Anegativevalue(i.e.lessthan1)indicatesthatcostsarerunningoverbudget.[2]However,aneutralcost-performanceratio(between1.0and1.9)couldsuggestacertaindegreeofstagnationinthebudget.Businesstripscanalsobefactoredintothecost-performanceratiobecausespending$50todoajourneyspanning100miles(160 km)intwohoursisabettercost-performanceratiothanspending$105todothejourneyinonehour. Computertechnology Thetermtendstobeusedquiteabitwhencomparingcomputerhardware.Duringthelatter1990s,theprice/performanceratiosofmidrangeandlargemainframesystemsfelltremendouslyincomparisontoanumberofsmallermicrocomputershandlingthesameload.Manycompanieswereforcedoutoftheindustryasthishappened,includingDEC,DataGeneralandmanymultiprocessorvendorssuchasSequentComputerSystemsandPyramidTechnology. References ^abcdKurzweil,Raymond(2005).TheSingularityisNear.PenguinBooks.ISBN 0-14-303788-9.  ^abPerformanceIndicator"Cost-performanceratioindicator".MaxWideman.http://www.maxwideman.com/pmglossary/PMG_C11.htm#CostPerformanceIndicator.Retrieved2010-08-26.  Categories:ProductioneconomicsTechnologyEngineeringratiosEconomicsandfinancestubsTechnologystubs WikimediaFoundation. 2010. 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