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[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 35 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

The nerds haven't hung out at best buys in years. They're a glorified appliance store now.

Last time I went into one for a computer part, they had 3 colors of the same case fan and two different GPUs, and that was it.

Now MicroCenter, that's where it's at.

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Where is there one? I know of one north of Atlanta and one in Dallas. There just ain’t one in Washington

[–] TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee 1 points 53 minutes ago

There's 1 in most major cities. I love Micro Center to death, but I sincerely doubt that most Americans live within 20 or 30 minutes of one.

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 hours ago

Yeah, west coast is a bit barren for micro center. One in LA, one in SF (when they open). I have 3 in my state (Ohio) but their headquarters is also here so shrug

[–] Pronell@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

Ah, right, Best Buy was the Geek Squad. That's who would be hanging out there.