For Immediate Release:

ELITE COMPUTERS & SOFTWARE
PURCHASES COMPUTERWARE NAME!

CUPERTINO, CA (Wednesday, September 5, 2001) Elite Computers & Software, an
Apple Specialist located across from Apple Headquarters in Cupertino, CA,
announced today that it has purchased the rights to the name
“ComputerWare”, along with other certain trademarks and assets associated
with the Mac-only chain that closed earlier this year. ComputerWare had
been the largest Apple Specialist in the country, with 10 stores in the San
Francisco Bay Area.

“ComputerWare had been around for many years, and was a valued name with a
unique place in the Macintosh community,” said Thomas Armes, President and
CEO of Elite Computers & Software. “ComputerWare was especially synonymous
with Apple Macintosh in the San Francisco Bay Area, which is the premier
Macintosh market in the country. I’m quite sure we can put the name
ComputerWare to good use in the near future.”

Elite Computers & Software is located at 10591 N. De Anza Blvd., Cupertino,
CA. and can be reached at 408-257-8000. Store hours are Mon-Fri 9-9, Sat &
Sun 10-9.

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Press Contacts:

Thomas Armes
408-985-6761

Geoff Westerfield
650-854-7035