Mighty Micro

I love Mighty Micro. They’ve been really helpful to me on numerous occasions. Once I even bought a cable for my internet there and when I got it home I realized it was too short to go from the internet socket on the wall to my computer, and allow me to watch iplayer from my bed at the same time. I went in and explained the situation honestly, that there was no problem with my cable but that I had misjudged the distance from my bed to the wall. They calmly took my cable and gave me a new one, longer, for no additional charge. Legends. They’ve also flogged my a Belkin wireless receiver for my old non-​wireless laptop, which was cheaper than PC World and worked perfectly. What more can one say about a computer shop. They sell bits of computers, that work.

Little computer shops like these are to me what brightly coloured lights are to moths. I find myself drawn inexorably towards them, compelled to delve into the technical delights within.
I will gladly waste my time asking questions about items I have no earthly desire to purchase, simply to demonstrate to the strange creatures within that inside I am actually one of them. That I belong in this exciting world of cables and connectors, but was abandoned at birth outside a non-​techie household in an old PC case, crudely fashioned into a makeshift basket. That now I am found.
Unfortunately, all I ever get in return is funny looks.
As a small computer shop, though, Mighty Micro does a lot of things well. It has the confusing layout and slightly condescending atmosphere sorted, in order to confuse the ‘normals’ who may dare to venture within. It even has the now rare touch of the bench of computers lain out in their constituent parts as they run. And for a small shop they sure have a large variety to offer.
The problem? Micro Direct is not too far away, and it’s a damn sight cheaper. Not that it’s particularly expensive, but I’d only buy from it if I lived nearby and couldn’t be bothered to make the trek further afield.