Wake Up CompUSA! Best Buy is About to Run You Out of Business

And the American Consumer Will Be the One to Pay the Biggest Price

For many people the entire concept of a “computer store” has come into question. In the past few years, especially, media products have converged to create a system that makes the idea of a computer store practically obsolete. Video, audio, print, graphics and internet capability have combined to create multimedia hardware that are fast becoming the standard. In a few years it is quite possible that one will be able to sit in a park with a single handheld device that allows the users to take pictures and video, record audio, write a novel, watch a television show, listen to satellite radio, play a game and chat in real time with someone halfway around the world, all without the need for cables or a multiplicity of storage devices. When that day comes, and that day is approaching more rapidly every day, it is probable that more people will buy that device, and any extraneous add-ons which will undoubtedly be added after its creation, at Best Buy rather CompUSA. In fact, judging by the manner in which both these retail stores address customer needs, price products and conduct business within their establishments, one suspects that CompUSA may no longer even be in existence.