Please direct your media and public relations inquiries to: mediarelations@cdw.com 800-800-4CDW Online microcomputer site expands to nearly 26,000 products Vernon Hills, Illinois, November 11, 1997 --- Computer Discount Warehouse, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDWC) announced today its e-commerce web site, http://www.cdw.com, now features 25,960 products available to search and order online, up from the previous total of approximately 16,000 items, and far more than any other company offering computer products on the web. Detailed specifications are included at the site for over 6,500 items. Hosting the largest microcomputer products inventory to search and order from online, and providing the most extensive product information comparison features available, make cdw.com an increasingly popular address for computer shoppers to visit. "The CDW web site is rapidly growing into the ultimate online shopping experience for anyone looking to purchase a PC or related product, not just because we've drastically increased our inventory, but because CDW provides so much information and help in choosing the right product," said Greg Zeman, CDW president. "Smart shopping features like PC Compare, which is a unique tool for easy side-by-side comparison of systems, continually updated pricing and in-stock availability, and the ability to check the status of an order online are just a few of the features that are making cdw.com a favorite with online shoppers." Since being introduced in 1995, cdw.com has represented an important part of CDW's business strategy. Today the site's daily total hit rate exceeds 400,000, with e-commerce sales currently generating $6 million per month - about five percent of the company's total sales which recently exceeded $1 billion for 1997. This is the first time in the company's 15 years that it has hit the billion-dollar mark. "We expect this sizable jump in online inventory to have a significant, positive impact on our ongoing sales upswing," noted Zeman. "Plus, more web activity means more opportunity for response and feedback from our customers, which we've found invaluable in transforming our site into the best one-stop-shop for brand-name microcomputer products on the Internet." CDW is one of the country's leading direct marketers of brand-name microcomputer products. The company's customers primarily include business, government, educational, institutional and home office users in the United States. CDW sells more than 30,000 microcomputer hardware, software and peripheral products through account managers and the company's e-commerce web site, http://www.cdw.com.