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Enjoy the chaos of a New York City CompUSA store with this video tour from the year 2000.

The Verge •
October 26, 2026 • 03:12 PM
• By Andrew Liszewski
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For those of us who can still remember heading to a brick and mortar store when it was time to buy a computer or peripherals, this video is a good reminder of what an absolute assault on the senses crowded PC shops were decades ago. And the floor to ceiling stacks of iMacs and Compaq desktops plus walls of CRT displays only add to that overwhelming feeling. [Media: https://youtu.be/1whsc_We7YU?si=YEuD_-z7a9p2Km7G]

Enjoy the chaos of a New York City CompUSA store with this video tour from the year 2000.

For those of us who can still remember heading to a brick and mortar store when it was time to buy a computer or peripherals , this video is a good reminder of what an absolute assault on the senses crowded PC shops were decades ago. And the floor to ceiling stacks of iMacs and Compaq desktops plus walls of CRT displays only add to that overwhelming feeling.

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