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Old 12-14-2007, 09:13 AM   #2 of 6
Joseph Bolus
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Re: Bye, Bye COMPUSA


I agree that I *should* miss them. I purchased my last two home PCs from them.

But, in reality, I haven't set foot in their local store here in at least two years.

I've been purchasing most of my peripherals and supplies either from the local Wal-Mart Superstore and/or Best Buy. (I can walk in to Wal-Mart and purchase bread, milk, DVDs, *and* a color cartridge for my home ink jet printer.) And the next PC that I purchase will probably be ordered on-line so I can have it configured exactly the way I want it.

CompUSA was great back when PC's had to be opened and configured whenever a new expansion device and/or peripheral was purchased. But these days almost all peripherals can simply be plugged-in to a USB port. And most "consumers-on-the-street" are now purchasing laptops as opposed to PCs. And you don't open up laptops. And do consumers really need training to run a PC anymore? Everybody knows how to run a browser and/or a word processor at this point.

The concept of a an all Computer Superstore B&M shop has unfortunately run its course.



Joseph
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