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Systemax: Where bankrupt electronics retailers are resuscitated

Systemax: Where bankrupt electronics retailers are resuscitatedI thought it was the other way arround[i]In the new CompUSA stores, customers can research products online and then buy in-store. [/i]once you research online you migh not go to the retail store unless there is some heavy and cheap item.RE: Systemax: Where bankrupt...

Tags: Retail, Microsoft Windows CE, CE marketplace, Systemax, bankrupt electronics retailer, retail company

Discussion threads 2009-04-13

Systemax: Where bankrupt electronics retailers are resuscitated

Systemax already has CompUSA in its stable and now it may add Circuit City too. You could call Systemax a collector of defunct retailers. And why not? It is acquiring some brand equity on the cheap. Systemax makes and sells electronics and acquired the CompUSA brand last...

Tags: Circuit City Stores Inc., CompUSA Inc., Systemax, Branding, Retail, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-13

Blockbuster can start due diligence on Circuit City

Blockbuster can start due diligence on Circuit CitySM & CC, NF & BBSystemax is an better fit for Circuit City since Systemax already have an strong online store called TigerDirect. They also purchased most of CompUSA stores. It will be the most obvious and safest fit. Blockbuster will be better...

Tags: Blockbuster Inc., Systemax, NetFlix Inc., Circuit City Stores Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-05-09

Systemax Pursuit 4155 (Intel Core Duo T2250, Vista Ultimate)

We just don't know what happened. When we reviewed a $999 configuration of the Systemax Pursuit 4155 running Windows XP earlier this year which is still available on TigerDirect, it had a strong set of features and a Core 2 Duo processor that delivered solid performance. But the Windows Vista...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Notebooks, Keyboards, Processors, Microsoft Windows Vista, Intel Core Duo, Intel Corp., Systemax, Systemax Pursuit 4155

Product reviews 2007-04-21

Systemax Pursuit 4155

It used to be that a thousand bucks would get you a laptop stocked with previous-generation components and a mediocre feature set. But as the $999 Systemax Pursuit 4155 illustrates, a new wave of budget laptops stocked with current components and downright craveable features has hit the market. With an...

Tags: Notebooks, Systemax, Systemax Pursuit 4155, laptop computer

Product reviews 2007-01-20

Systemax Venture VX2

The Systemax Venture VX2 isn't a gaming PC to inspire envy among your fellow fraggers. It won't net you the fastest frame rates on your block, and its plain-Jane looks cannot be classified as "head turning" or "conversation starting." But what this affordably priced, fixed-configuration, $1,999 gaming system provides is...

Tags: Games, PCI, Desktops, Systemax, Venture VX2, card, ATI CrossFire

Product reviews 2007-01-18

Systemax Sabre

Systemax is by no means alone as a vendor of affordable, spare PCs. iBuyPower, Cyberpower, Polywell, and others all reduce costs by building and selling desktops with off-the-shelf parts. This type of PC doesn't have as much of an identity as a model from a high-end, boutique vendor such as...

Tags: Performance management, Sabre Holdings, Systemax, performance, PC

Product reviews 2006-09-06

Systemax Venture C2D

House brands are fine if you're looking for frozen vegetables in the supermarket, but do they work for personal computers? Systemax is essentially the house brand for TigerDirect, a large online retailer of tech products, and the company offers a wide variety of both fixed-config and configurable PCs. The Systemax...

Tags: House brand, Intel Core 2 Duo, multimedia card reader, Systemax

Product reviews 2006-08-28

Systemax Wildcat

When the Systemax Wildcat arrived on our doorstep, its $4,500 price raised an eyebrow or two. For one thing, its AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 CPU is a step behind AMD's latest, the FX-62, but a quick trip to other desktop vendors' sites showed us that the cost is right where...

Tags: Games, Performance management, Network technology, Processors, Systemax Wildcat, Systemax

Product reviews 2006-06-08

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Brick and Click Stores: How Circuit City Could Re-Open Its Doors

Why doesn’t a consumer electronics store work this way, in the age of the Internet? You walk into the digital photography section. On a slanted shelf sit 15 different cameras, each tied to its stanchion for security. But there’s a big screen...

Tags: Circuit City Stores Inc., Camera, CompUSA Inc., Fiorentino, Internet, Retail, Branding, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-06-12

Brick and Click Stores: How Circuit City Could Re-Open Its Doors

Brick and Click Stores: How Circuit City Could Re-Open Its DoorsDon't care about the BS - PriceI always do my research online and then try to get the item. I don't care for the BS - no salesman, no "comparisons", etc.What would be great would be to take a...

Tags: Click Stores, Circuit City Stores Inc., Re-open

Discussion threads 2009-06-12

CircuitCity.com Is Back Online. And, Yes, You Can Return HP, IBM and Toshiba Products. Now.

CircuitCity.com was reborn on May 22, brought to you by the Systemax folks who bought remnants of the CompUSA chain and operate TigerDirect.com. When CircuitCity.com first came back, its return policy came under fire from The Consumerist and other sites such as MaximumPC and CrunchGear. ...

Tags: Circuit City Stores Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Policy, Manufacturer, Toshiba Corp., IBM Corp., Manufacturing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-06-02

How many Intel CPUs will fail the XP Mode test in Windows 7?

How many Intel CPUs will fail the XP Mode test in Windows 7?Want to do the same post ...... for AMD CPUs? :)nope :/I just bought a Quad Q8300 a few weeks ago. I didn't put much thought into VT. My dad has a Core 2 Duo that...

Tags: Processors, Desktops, Intel Corp., XP Mode, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows XP, CPU, Microsoft Windows, processor, Intel Core 2 Duo, PC

Discussion threads 2009-05-03

News to know: StumbleUpon; Facebook Apps; Satyam; Steve Jobs

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: eBay starts undoing bad acquisitions: Sets StumbleUpon free Andrew Nusca: Top Facebook applications see 25% drop in...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Facebook, Larry Dignan, Satyam, Apple Inc., StumbleUpon, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, 3G, Hardware, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-04-14

Is CompUSA.com poised to become the Crazy Eddie of Linux?

Is CompUSA.com poised to become the Crazy Eddie of Linux?MicroCenter is the better alternativeMicrocenter exists in NY and Northern NJ and is better than CompUSA.http://www.microcenter.com/at_the_stores/index.htmlCompUSA is deadJust thought some one should clarify that CompUSA as it was once now is no longer around. They went out of business and tigerdirect...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, CompUSA Inc., MicroCenter, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-10-19

Chart of the day: Blockbuster and Circuit City vs. Apple, Amazon, Best Buy

Chart of the day: Blockbuster and Circuit City vs. Apple, Amazon, Best BuyName Please...I wonder which name going to get ditched? It wouldn't work even if Blockbuster folded all movie rental operations into an Circuit City in store kiosk just like Best Buy did with the Geek Squad. That scenario...

Tags: Branding, Amazon.com Inc., intenet, Apple Inc., Circuit City Stores Inc., Blockbuster Inc., Best Buy Co. Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-04-14

Who's choosing XP over Vista?

Who's choosing XP over Vista?Your words - not mine..>>>When I restricted the sample to only consumer machines where potential buyers were offered the explicit option to choose between XP and Vista, the proportion opting for XP increased by 5%. Out of a total of 388 desktop and notebook PCs, 49,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2007-12-30

Poll of the Day - Vista vs. Leopard

Poll of the Day - Vista vs. LeopardLeopard wins so far...It appears that out of the approx 19 votes so far, Vista was a disaster and Leopard was great. I apparently voted with the popular opinionAh, but the second Vista machine!Went flawlessly. Once I knew where the issues were...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Scanners, Microsoft Windows XP, operating system, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Leopard, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2007-11-06

Photos: White-box choices

Companies like Systemax, ProStar, MicroPro, and CLT Computers put together custom PCs and offer them under a no-name brand or no brand at all. by CNET News.com

Tags: Brand, Photograph, Branding, Marketing, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2007-10-30

Installing Linux - The joy of live CDs

Installing Linux - The joy of live CDsBuying a new computerA Live CD is also very handy when you want to buy a new computer. That way, you can make sure that the computer you buy, works fine in Linux.Greetz, Pjotr.You did know...There are live CDs which will let you...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, CD, Linux, Ubuntu, Live CD

Discussion threads 2007-06-26