In Boston (actually it's in Cambridge, just at the other side of the river) you can find Micro Center, which is my favorite computer store in this part of the country. It's a combination of Alcampo [a Spanish large supermarket] with PCCity [a Spanish large computer store], that is, a really large supermarket, but only with computer products, not even consumer electronics (no TVs or stereos). Row after row of cables, adapters, discs, peripherals, software, and whatever you can imagine remotely connected to computers. Micro Center is close to my idea of paradise, but it is not complete paradise because of Fry's, a computer store chain in the San Francisco area which is the ultimate, really, it's unbelievable. I plan to go to California in December, I will go to Fry's then and I will let you know.
There's also a Micro Center in New York, but it's out in the suburbs, and you need a car or to take a train and then walk 20 minutes from the station. The Boston one is easily accessible by subway. This picture doesn't make it justice, but you can start to appreciate how big it is.
