RIP: CompUSA

[thewayne]

The final 100 stores will be closed after the holiday season.

Personally, I found their stores OK for browsing in, but I rarely bought things there. They sometimes had good discounts on computer books, but that was about it. They always sort of felt like an expanded version of Best Buy's computer department, but still no where near as good as Fry's Electronics.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/08/BU3ETQI3S.DTL

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/08/076226

Comments

[apostate-96.livejournal.com]

I have no question about how dangerous a store like that can be. I see it as kind of the electronic version of Barnes & Noble, only with more expensive and shiny stock.

I still hope we can get one here. I could deal with some peril. ;}