Please direct your media and public relations inquiries to: mediarelations@cdw.com 800-800-4CDW CDW Garners Five Customer Awards at Comdex Vernon Hills, Illinois, November 20, 1997 - CDW Computer Centers, Inc. swept the Computer Shopper awards at the Comdex computer industry trade show by garnering five separate Best Buy awards, more than any competitor in any category. The Computer Shopper Best Buy Awards are one of the highlights of Comdex, the mecca of the computer industry that brought over 215,000 attendees to Las Vegas this week. Details regarding the awards, including CDW's, can be found on the Computer Shopper website at http://www.zdnet.com/cshopper/content/bb97/welcome.html. In the Best Places to Buy category, which honors distribution excellence for ten separate computer product groups, CDW won four awards: Best Place to Buy Software; Best Place to Buy Monitors; Best Place to Buy Printers/Scanners; and Best Place to Buy Notebook PCs. The awards were based on voting by more than 150,000 Computer Shopper magazine readers and reflect CDW's intense focus on customer relationships. According to Computer Shopper magazine, "CDW is no stranger to our annual Best Buy Awards. The primary ingredient in CDW's recipe for success is the high quality of the company's sales force." In a relatively new but increasingly significant category, CDW earned top honors for Best Vendor Web Site. The CDW site (http://www.cdw.com) serves as an electronic extension of its catalog, providing daily pricing/availability updates on over 25,000 products, unbeatable specials, specifications on over 6,000 products, on-line ordering, links to product reviews, newsworthy announcements, and more. CDW Computer Centers, Inc. (Nasdaq:CDWC) is a leading direct marketer of brand name microcomputer products to business, government, educational, institutional and home office users throughout the United States. CDW's full-service product line includes hardware and peripherals, software, networking products and accessories, most of which use, or are compatible with, Microsoft Windows 95/Windows/Windows NT/MS-DOS operating platforms. In addition to sales expertise, CDW's highly trained account managers offer knowledgeable advice that builds long-term customer relationships. Customers can place orders and obtain product information by calling a CDW account manager at 1-800-800-4CDW, or by visiting CDW on the Internet at http://www.cdw.com.