May 8, 2006

Wal-Mart’s Build-Your-Own Computers

You can add a build-your-own computer counter next to the Wal-Mart Pharmacy, the Wal-Mart Bank, and the Walmart Photo Booth. Wal-Mart will offer a selection of computer components for customers to choose from. You can have it assembled right in front of  you and take it home the same day. Parts include processors, mice, keyboards, and monitors, to name a few.Wal-Mart is known to sell prepackaged computers: a segment of their business that’s not doing very well. Building computers from scratch and allowing consumers to pick and choose is a step in a different direction. Walmart will start introducing this to 1,200 of their 3,200 US locations. Dell and HP have nothing to worry about, but the mom and pop computer shops could be next on the bankruptcy list.

Source: Gearlog

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