Neowin News Feed for: Compusa

CompUSA and Circuit City to die on December 30

John Callaham — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:10:00 +0000

The Circuit City and CompUSA brand names will finally be discontinued on December 30th, thanks to a move by their owners at Systemax to consolidate its brand image under its Tiger Direct brand. Read more...

CircuitCity.com is back, copy of CompUSA & Tiger Direct site

Brad Sams — Sun, 24 May 2009 15:36:09 +0000

CircuitCity lives again, or at least the name does. As of May 23 the site has gone live again offering the types of products that you would expect from the defunct mega-retailer. While... Read more...

Back from the dead: CompUSA assets snapped up by TigerDirect

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:40:08 +0000

CompUSA will live on, thanks to a deal with electronics marketer Systemax. Systemax, which owns popular computer parts reseller (and CompUSA competitor) TigerDirect, announced yesterday that it has entered into an agreement to purchase the... Read more...

CompUSA to Close Shop

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 01:37:18 +0000

CompUSA, the computer and gadget retailer controlled by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, announced yesterday that it had been sold to the Gordon Brothers Group, a restructuring and investment firm, for liquidation. The firm will close... Read more...

CompUSA Guarantees Vista, Will Reinstall Old OS If Necessary

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 19:58:47 +0000

Do you want to have Vista installed but couldn't care less about the physical media? As reported earlier, you can download it from Microsoft or, you can pay a fraction of the retail price for... Read more...

Dell, CompUSA Gear Up For Vista Launch

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:09:38 +0000

With more than 100,000 hours invested in testing and validating Microsoft's Windows Vista, Dell specialists believe they are ready for the business launch of the new operating system on Thursday. "We're ready to work with... Read more...

CompUSA to Sell Vista, Office 2007 Ahead of General Release

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:40:34 +0000

Retail chain CompUSA will sell Microsoft Windows Vista and Office 2007 Nov. 30 alongside resellers and OEM partners and ahead of the general public release, planned for late January, the software maker announced Nov. 13.... Read more...