Microcenter isn't the same as Best Buy by a long shot. No cell phones, no video games, no music/movie disks, no appliances. Just computers and associated stuff, and thus a lot more selection in those areas. Lots of computer parts, motherboards, cases, disks, etc. Much deeper selection than Best Buy. For example, I needed an Ethernet switch recently. Just a plain old 8-port unmanaged switch. I'm sure Best Buy would have had one. Microcenter had about 30 _different_ switches, from 5-port desktop to 24-port rack mount, $10 to $250.
My local Microcenter has dramatically expanded their hobby section, they have Raspberry Pi's, Arduinos, shields and capes and such, lots of Sparkfun products, solderless breadboards, etc. For most people they won't replace the Shack, simply because there are far fewer stores. But if you are lucky enough to be close to one, they are pretty darn nice. On Sat, Sep 20, 2014, at 10:27 AM, Mark Wendt wrote: > On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 10:19 AM, <p...@wpnet.us> wrote: > > > I'd rather see Fry's and/or Microcenter expand. > > > > No Fry's anywhere nearby, seems most of them are west of the Mississippi > River. Microcenter looks to be about the same as Best Buy, which I have > one local in town. I'm in Maryland. > > Mark > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Slashdot TV. Video for Nerds. Stuff that Matters. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=160591471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- John Kasunich jmkasun...@fastmail.fm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Slashdot TV. Video for Nerds. Stuff that Matters. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=160591471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
