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|THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED
      UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE ACT), OR APPLICABLE
      STATE LAW, AND NO INTEREST THEREIN MAY BE SOLD, DISTRIBUTED, ASSIGNED, OFFERED,
      PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH HEREIN AND
      UNLESS (A) THERE IS AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT AND
      APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS COVERING ANY SUCH TRANSACTION, (B) THE
      COMPANY RECEIVES AN OPINION OF LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE HOLDER SATISFACTORY
      TO THE COMPANY STATING THAT SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION
      OR (C) THE COMPANY OTHERWISE SATISFIES ITSELF THAT SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT
      FROM REGISTRATION.
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|March 31, 2003                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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|**Zones, Inc.**
      **UNSECURED, SUBORDINATED PROMISSORY NOTE**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
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|Zones,
        Inc., a Washington corporation (the Company), for value
        received, promises to pay to _____________ (the Holder)
        the principal sum of $___________, subject to adjustment from time to
        time (and as adjusted from time to time, the Principal Amount),
        in accordance with the terms of this Note and that certain Stock Purchase
        Agreement dated March 31, 2003, by and among the Company, Corporate PC
        Source, Inc., an Illinois corporation (CPCS), and as
        of April 1, 2003, the former shareholders of CPCS (the Purchase
        Agreement).  Capitalized terms not defined herein shall
        have the meanings given such terms in the Purchase Agreement.
      The
        following is a statement of the rights of the Holder and the conditions
        to which this Note is subject, to which the Holder, by the acceptance
        of this Note, agrees:
      1.         Principal
        Amount and Interest; Payment; Prepayment
      (a)       
        Principal Amount and Interest.  Interest shall accrue on the
        unpaid Principal Amount at the rate that the Company pays to its primary
        lender less 1⁄4% as determined on a calendar quarterly basis during
        each Earn Out Period (Interest), measured from the
        date set forth above.  Interest will be computed on the basis of
        a 365-day year.  Subject to the presence or absence of any claim
        for indemnification or offset pursuant to Article IX of the Purchase Agreement
        or any reduction of Principal Amount (pursuant to the provisions of the
        Purchase Agreement), as described in Section 2 below, the Company will
        pay (i) Interest accrued on the outstanding Principal Amount (as it may
        have been adjusted pursuant to the provisions hereof) through the end
        of each calendar quarter within thirty (30) days of the end of each such
        quarter; and (ii) one-third of the outstanding Principal Amount (as it
        may have been adjusted pursuant to the provisions hereof) and any accrued
        but unpaid Interest thereon through the end of each Earn Out Period within
        thirty (30) days of the last day of each such Earn Out Period.
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|SUBORDINATED PROMISSORY NOTE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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|(b)       
        Prepayment.  The Company may at any time prepay in whole or
        in part the Principal Amount and any accrued and unpaid Interest thereon
        without penalty.
      (c)       
        Withholding.  The Sellers acknowledge that the Company may
        be required to withhold on payments of Interest if the Sellers do not
        provide the Company with properly completed and executed Forms W-9 and
        hereby authorize the Company to withhold as required by law.
      2.        
        Note Subject to Purchase Agreement; Offset and Reduction
      This Note is expressly subject to the Purchase Agreement.  As contemplated
        in the Purchase Agreement, the Principal Amount and Interest is subject
        to adjustment and offset pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
      In addition, if CPCS does not reach Threshold EBITDA for an Earn Out Period
        (determined in accordance with the Purchase Agreement), the Principal
        Amount, as it may have already been adjusted pursuant to the provisions
        hereof, and also any Interest accrued thereon, shall be (i) reduced by
        one-third of the Principal Amount and (ii) increased by 20% of CPCSs
        EBITDA (as determined pursuant to the provisons of the Purchase Agreement)
        for such applicable Earn Out Period; provided, however, that if cumulative
        EBITDA for all of the three Earn Out Periods exceeds $12,000,000 in the
        aggregate, then the Principal Amount due on the final payment hereunder
        shall be increased by the dollar equivalent of any reduction of Principal
        Amount and Interest previously made to this Note under this paragraph,
        up to the original Principal Amount of this Note plus Interest that would
        have accrued thereon but for the prior reduction.
      For informational purposes only, the Company may amend Schedule A
        hereto from time to time to reflect the Principal Amount after any such
        adjustment.
      3.
        Subordination
      (a)        Senior Debt. 
        This Note and any amounts that may become due hereunder are subordinated
        to Transamerica Commercial Finance Corporation in accordance with the
        terms of that Subordination Agreement dated March 31, 2003, executed by
        the Holder (the TA Debt).  This Note and any amounts
        that may become due hereunder are also be subordinate to payment of any
        and all of the Companys indebtedness at any time to IBM Credit
        Corporation (together with the TA Debt, the Senior Indebtedness). 
        In the event the Company from time to time enters into agreements for
        debt financing with different lenders to provide financing which will
        substitute for or replace the debt financing provided by the Senior Indebtedness
        or the then existing successor lender, Holder agrees to subordinate Holders
        rights under this Note on such terms and conditions as such substitute
        lender or lenders may reasonably request.
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|(b)        Undertaking. 
        By its acceptance of this Note, Holder agrees to execute and deliver such
        additional documents relating to subordination of this Note and the relationship
        of the Holder to the lender of the Senior Indebtedness as may be reasonably
        requested from time to time by the Company or the lender of any Senior
        Indebtedness in order to implement, supplement, modify, or amplify the
        provisions of this Section 3.
      4.         Transfer
        of Note; Restrictions on Transfer
      This Note may be transferred or assigned only with the
        consent of the Company.  In addition, this Note may be transferred
        only in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and
        only upon surrender of the original Note for registration of transfer,
        duly endorsed, or accompanied by a duly executed written instrument of
        transfer in form satisfactory to the Company.  A new Note for like
        Principal Amount and Interest will be issued to, and registered in the
        name of, the transferee.  Interest and Principal Amount are payable
        only to the registered holder of the Note.  The Holder agrees to
        provide a Form W-9 to the Company upon request.
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|5.         Events
        of Default
      The term Event of Default as used in this Note means any
        of the following events:
      (i)         Subject to resolution
        of any disputes regarding EBITDA pursuant to the provisions of the Purchase
        Purchase Agreement, the Company at any time fails to pay any payment due
        on this Note within fifteen (15) days after Company receives written notice
        from Holder that such payment is past due; or
      (ii)        Company fails to make any
        payment of principal or interest when due on any indebtedness in excess
        of $50,000 owed to any creditor holding a security interest in the assets
        of the Company, including, without limitation, the Senior Indebtedness,
        which Company fails to cure within the applicable cure period; provided
        however, it shall not be considered a default hereunder if Company, in
        good faith, is withholding payment to a creditor in connection with a
        dispute; or
      (iii)       Company is served with petition for
        relief under 11 U.S.C. § 101 et seq. or any similar federal
        or state statute, or an action is commenced to appoint a receiver or trustee
        for all or substantially all of Companys property, and Company
        fails to cause such proceeding to be dismissed within sixty (60) days
        after it is instituted against Company; or
      (iv)       Company files any petition for
        relief under 11 U.S.C. § 101 et seq., or any similar federal
        or state statute, Company makes a general assignment of its assets for
        the benefit of its creditors, or Company consents to the appointment of
        a receiver or trustee for all or substantially all of Companys
        property; or
      (v)        Company ceases to own more
        than fifty (50) percent of the voting power of CPCS.
      6.         Miscellaneous
      6.1       Remedies
      The Company and all endorsers of this Note hereby waive notice, presentment,
        protest and notice of dishonor.
      6.2       Holder as Owner
      The Company may deem and treat the holder of record of this Note as the
        absolute owner for all purposes regardless of any notice to the contrary.
      6.3       No Shareholder Rights
      This Note shall not entitle the Holder to any voting rights or any other
        rights as a shareholder of the Company or to any other rights except the
        rights stated herein.
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|6.4       Shareholders, Officers and Directors
        Not Liable
      In no event shall any shareholder, officer or director of the Company
        be liable for any amounts due or payable pursuant to this Note.
      6.5       Notices
      Unless otherwise provided, any notice under this Note shall be given in
        writing and shall be deemed effectively given (a) upon personal delivery
        to the party to be notified, (b) upon confirmation of receipt by
        fax by the party to be notified, (c) one business day after deposit
        with a reputable overnight courier, prepaid for overnight delivery and
        addressed as set forth below, or at such other address as such party may
        designate by ten days' advance written notice to the other party given
        in the foregoing manner.
      If to the Holder:
      To the
        address or number last furnished in writing to the Company by the Holder
      If to the Company:
      Zones,
        Inc.
        707 South Grady Way
        Renton, WA 98055
        Fax:  (425) 430-3626
        Attn:  Firoz Lalji
      6.6       Amendments and Waivers
      Any term of this Note may be amended and the observance of any term may
        be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively
        or prospectively) only with the written consent of the Company and the
        Holder; provided, however, that the Company may amend Schedule A hereto
        without the Holders consent to reflect any adjustments to the Principal
        Amount as provided in Section 2 above.  Any amendment or waiver shall
        be binding on each future Holder and the Company.
      6.7       Governing Law; Arbitration; Jurisdiction;
        Venue
      This Note shall be subject to the provisions of Section 11.8 of the Purchase
        Agreement.
      6.8       Successors and Assigns
      The terms and conditions of this Note shall inure to the benefit of and
        be binding on the respective successors and assigns of the parties.
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|6.9       Severability
      If one or more provisions of this Note are held to be unenforceable under
        applicable law, such provision shall be excluded from this Note, and the
        balance of this Note shall be interpreted as if such provision were so
        excluded and shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms.
      ORAL AGREEMENTS OR ORAL COMMITMENTS TO LOAN MONEY, EXTEND CREDIT, OR
        TO FORBEAR FROM ENFORCING REPAYMENT OF A DEBT ARE NOT ENFORCEABLE UNDER
        WASHINGTON LAW.
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| | ZONES, INC.
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|AGREED AND ACCEPTED:         
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|__________________ (HOLDER)
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|Its:                         
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