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Monday, March 22, 2010

Who Rates Best (& Worst) in the Boston Area? Now You'll Know.

Computer Stores

	Things moving too slowly for you in Cyberland? Thinking about upgrading? Not sure where to start? We give a rundown of the available options and offer advice that will help you select equipment that will suit your needs. We also give you ratings of area stores for quality and price. From Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine
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	Name	Number of ratings	Checkbook's top rating ()		What percent of customers rated firm "superior" on our survey for "overall quality"	Firm's price index score
	Name	Number of ratings	for quality	for price		Firm's price index score
1.	Apex Computers 105 Ferry St #A Malden, MA 781-321-8888	12 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
2.	Apple Store All locations combined	196 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
3.	Apple Store 1245 Worcester St #3082 Natick, MA 508-903-2800		Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
4.	Apple Store 99 Rockingham Park Blvd Salem, NH 603-890-3518	19 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
5.	Apple Store 100 Cambridgeside Pl Cambridge, MA 617-225-0442	56 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
6.	Apple Store 199 Boylston St Chestnut Hill, MA 617-965-5806	71 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
7.	Apple Store 94 Derby St #275 Hingham, MA 781-556-0400		Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
8.	Apple Store 250 Granite St Braintree, MA 781-849-2000	16 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
9.	Apple Store 210 Andover St #96 Peabody, MA 978-531-2802	31 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
10.	Best Buy All locations combined	642 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
11.	Best Buy 41 Commerce Way Seekonk, MA 508-336-1391		Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
12.	Best Buy 769 Donald Lynch Blvd Marlborough, MA 508-486-9430		Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
13.	Best Buy 200 Westgate Dr Brockton, MA 508-587-5294	11 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
14.	Best Buy 1337 S Washington St North Attleboro, MA 508-699-5800	47 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
15.	Best Buy 1 Worcester Rd Framingham, MA 508-872-2223	90 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
16.	Best Buy 290 S Broadway #E Salem, NH 603-890-9002	55 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
17.	Best Buy 220 Daniel Webster Hwy Nashua, NH 603-891-4900	54 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
18.	Best Buy 100 Cambridgeside Pl Cambridge, MA 617-577-8866	34 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
19.	Best Buy 550 Arsenal St #2 Watertown, MA 617-926-0009	38 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
20.	Best Buy 700 Providence Hwy Dedham, MA 781-461-6768	54 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
21.	Best Buy 550 Grossman Dr Braintree, MA 781-848-1100	111 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
22.	Best Buy 230 Independence Way Danvers, MA 978-774-9494	100 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
23.	CompUSA All locations combined	831 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
24.	Computer Loft 6 Fordham Rd Allston, MA 617-782-9997		Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
25.	CTS Computers 855 Broadway Raynham, MA 508-822-8558	12 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
26.	CTS Computers 303 Watertown St Newton, MA 617-964-8927	22 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
27.	Dell 800-474-3355	161 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
28.	Gateway 888-888-2075	226 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
29.	Megahertz-Computer 105 S Main St Bradford, MA 978-374-9677		Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
30.	Micro Center 730 Memorial Dr Cambridge, MA 617-234-6400	473 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
31.	Mohawk Memory 69 Main St Maynard, MA 978-897-1500		Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
32.	Speed PC 914 Main St Acton, MA 978-635-0813		Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
33.	Staples All locations combined	176 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
34.	Staples 390 West St #3 Mansfield, MA 508-261-2889		Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
35.	Staples 881 Worcester St Natick, MA 508-655-0811	12 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
36.	Staples 600 South St W #12 Raynham, MA 508-824-0600		Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
37.	Staples 284 Hartford Ave Bellingham, MA 508-966-1200	10 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
38.	Staples 17 Plaza Way Fairhaven, MA 508-997-5103	10 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
39.	Staples 111 Middlesex Tpke Burlington, MA 781-221-8550	15 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
40.	Staples 163 Highland Ave Needham, MA 781-449-5766	12 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
41.	Staples 800 Lexington St Waltham, MA 781-899-4943	11 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
42.	Staples 145 Great Rd #7 Acton, MA 978-263-6150		Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
43.	Staples 10 Main St #H Tewksbury, MA 978-851-0600		Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 31 local computer stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.

Boston computer stores by neighborhood

MA
Computer Stores in Acton, MA	Computer Stores in Allston, MA	Computer Stores in Bellingham, MA
Computer Stores in Bradford, MA	Computer Stores in Braintree, MA	Computer Stores in Brockton, MA
Computer Stores in Burlington, MA	Computer Stores in Cambridge, MA	Computer Stores in Chestnut Hill, MA
Computer Stores in Danvers, MA	Computer Stores in Dedham, MA	Computer Stores in Fairhaven, MA
Computer Stores in Framingham, MA	Computer Stores in Hingham, MA	Computer Stores in Malden, MA
Computer Stores in Mansfield, MA	Computer Stores in Marlborough, MA	Computer Stores in Maynard, MA
Computer Stores in Natick, MA	Computer Stores in Needham, MA	Computer Stores in Newton, MA
Computer Stores in North Attleboro, MA	Computer Stores in Peabody, MA	Computer Stores in Raynham, MA
Computer Stores in Seekonk, MA	Computer Stores in Tewksbury, MA	Computer Stores in Waltham, MA
Computer Stores in Watertown, MA
NH
Computer Stores in Nashua, NH	Computer Stores in Salem, NH

Sample Subscriber Comments/Reviews About Computer Stores

CHECKBOOK provides subscriber comments on their experiences with the firms they use. Please remember that individual subscriber comments are informal. Subscriber comments may give you insight into the types of features and problems that exist in a service field, but are not the best basis for selecting or rejecting a specific firm. To assess the quality of a firm's performance, we recommend that you give more weight to the percentages of favorable ratings. Those percentages are generally based on much larger numbers of consumers' ratings (the number of consumer ratings is noted above).

As You Can See Below, Some Computer Stores Get High Praise from Their Customers. Some Others Don't. So Choose Carefully.
Here Are a Few Samples of the Thousands of Comments CHECKBOOK Has Collected on Hundreds of Different Computer Stores.

Subscriber from MEDFORD, MA wrote Another Store: Great staff and variety of products........
Subscriber from WINCHESTER, MA wrote Another Store: The value of the 1:1 Training and Procare cannot be beat! Where else can you..........
Subscriber from CHESTNUT HILL, MA wrote Another Store: I was told I didn't need to purchase some software I was considering - a..........
Subscriber from MEDFORD, MA wrote Another Store: They have everything, and the prices are good........
Subscriber from WINCHESTER, MA wrote Another Store: Good for buying blank media. Better prices than the CompUSA next door........
Subscriber from SUDBURY, MA wrote Another Store: I had to go online for what I wanted........
Subscriber from BROOKLINE, MA wrote Another Store: Their service department is decent, too........
Subscriber from FRANKLIN, MA wrote Another Store: Very helpful staff.......
Subscriber from ARLINGTON, MA wrote Another Store: Easy repair service. Knowledgeable workers........
Subscriber from STOUGHTON, MA wrote Another Store: We may be prejudiced because we are an "all Mac" family. Of course, there is..........
Subscriber from AUBURNDALE, MA wrote Another Store: Other area CompUSAs seem to have better staff........
Subscriber from PEABODY, MA wrote Another Store: Very helpful on services even when a purchase hass't been made.......
Subscriber from SHERBORN, MA wrote Another Store: Dedicated storese with knowledgeable employees for high-tech products is a great idea (CompUSA was a..........
Subscriber from AYER, MA wrote Another Store: Ready to purchase a computer. Figured out what I wanted from the display. I went..........
Subscriber from WEST ROXBURY, MA wrote Another Store: DELL is, without exception, the worst company with whom I've ever dealt. Business MUST be..........
Subscriber from BOSTON, MA wrote Another Store: I can only compare this store to office suppliers like Staples and mail order operations,..........
Subscriber from ANDOVER, MA wrote Another Store: Apple products are all too expensive, but we have been Mac people from the beginning,..........
Subscriber from BOSTON, MA wrote Another Store: Love the Apple Store. If only their stuff wasn't so darned expensive........
Subscriber from ARLINGTON, MA wrote Another Store: They have everything........
Subscriber from CANTON, MA wrote Another Store: Apple products are always a little pricey but the rliability of their products is always..........
Subscriber from MEDFIELD, MA wrote Another Store: Staff varies ggreatly in expertise, and they often present as fact what is actually just..........
Subscriber from CONCORD, MA wrote Another Store: Had to wait over a half hour, once I chose the product I wanted, just..........
Subscriber from MILTON, MA wrote Another Store: The only computer store I will ever shop at. Similar prices to on-line discount sellers..........
Subscriber from MEDFORD, MA wrote Another Store: I did my research on the computer before going to Best Buy. It was easy..........
Subscriber from NORTH ANDOVER, MA wrote Another Store: They wanted to charge me an extra $70 to "configure" the laptop and make a..........

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