<PAGE>

      As Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 9, 2001
                                                          Registration No. 333-


                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                           ---------------------------

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                           ---------------------------

                          EN POINTE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

          Delaware                                    75-2467002
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF          (I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.)
 INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION)

   100 North Sepulveda Boulevard, 19th Floor, El Segundo, California 90245
                    (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)

                           ---------------------------

                            1996 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
                            (FULL TITLE OF THE PLAN)

                           ---------------------------

                               Attiazaz "Bob" Din
                             Chief Executive Officer
                          En Pointe Technologies, Inc.
                    100 North Sepulveda Boulevard, 19th Floor
                          El Segundo, California 90245
                     (NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)

                                 (310) 725-5200
          (TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)

                                    Copy to:
                               Nick E. Yocca, Esq.
           Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, A Professional Corporation
      660 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1600, Newport Beach, California 92660

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
======================================================================================================================
                                                 PROPOSED MAXIMUM          PROPOSED MAXIMUM            AMOUNT OF
  TITLE OF SECURITIES       AMOUNT TO BE          OFFERING PRICE       AGGREGATE OFFERING PRICE    REGISTRATION FEE
   TO BE REGISTERED          REGISTERED           PER SHARE (1)                   (1)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                         <C>                  <C>                   <C>                         <C>
  Common Stock, $.001       1,500,000 (2)          $ 1.28125                $ 1,921,875.00              $ 480.47
       par value               shares
======================================================================================================================
</TABLE>

(1)      Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee,
         in accordance with Rule 457(h), on the basis of the price of securities
         of the same class, as determined in accordance with Rule 457(c), using
         the average of the high and low prices reported by the Nasdaq National
         Market for the Common Stock on April 4, 2001 which was $ 1.28125 per
         share.
(2)      Additional shares issuable pursuant to the 1996 Stock Incentive
         Plan. An aggregate of 1,260,000 shares of Common Stock available for
         issuance under the 1996 Stock Incentive Plan were registered on
         Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed on August 21, 1996
         (Registration No. 333-10583), August 11, 1997 (Registration No.
         333-33323) and September 30, 1998 (Registration No. 333-64785).


<PAGE>



                                     PART II
               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

         This registration statement relates to the En Pointe Technologies,
Inc. 1996 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). Initially, an aggregate of
360,000 shares of Common Stock were available for grant or award under the
Plan, and such 360,000 shares were registered on this form on August 21, 1996
(Reg. No. 333-10583). On August 11, 1997 (Reg. No. 333-33323) and September
30, 1998 (Reg. No. 333-64785), an additional 600,000 and 300,000 shares of
Common Stock were registered on this form, respectively, bringing the
aggregate authorized shares subject to the Plan to 1,260,000. On May 25,
2000, the Company's Board of Directors approved an increase of 1,500,000
shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan. On March 30, 2001, the
Company's stockholders approved such increase at the Company's Annual
Meeting. This registration statement covers the current increase of 1,500,000
shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan, bringing the total number of
authorized shares to 2,760,000.

Item 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

         The following documents are incorporated herein by reference:

         (a)      The contents of the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-10583).

         (b)      The contents of the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-33323); and

         (c)      The contents of the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-64785).

Item 8.  EXHIBITS.

         5.1      Opinion of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth.

         23.1     Consent of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (included in
                  Exhibit 5.1).

         23.2     Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent
                  Accountants.

         24.1     Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to the
                  Registration Statement).

<PAGE>


                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of El Segundo, State of California, on the 6th day of
April, 2001.


                            EN POINTE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.


                            By:       /s/   Bob Din
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Attiazaz "Bob" Din
                                     Chief Executive Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         We, the undersigned directors and officers of En Pointe Technologies,
Inc., do hereby make, constitute and appoint Attiazaz "Bob" Din and Michael
Shabazian, and each of them acting individually, our true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with power to act without any other and with full
power of substitution, to do any and all acts and things in our name and behalf
in our capacities as directors and officers, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, or any
related Registration Statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to
Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same,
with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises,
as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
             SIGNATURE                                  TITLE                                            DATE
             ---------                                  -----                                            -----
<S>                                    <C>                                                          <C>

     /s/ Bob Din                       Chief  Executive  Officer and  Chairman of the               March 30, 2001
---------------------------            Board (Principal Executive Officer)
     Attiazaz "Bob" Din

  /s/ Michael R. Shabazian             Chief   Operating   Officer,   President   and               March 30, 2001
---------------------------            Director
     Michael R. Shabazian

    /s/ Kevin D. Ayers                 Chief Financial Officer  (Principal  Financial               March 30, 2001
---------------------------            and Principal Accounting Officer)
    Kevin D. Ayers

    /s/ Naureen Din                    Secretary and Director                                       March 30, 2001
---------------------------
     Naureen Din

    /s/ Zubair Ahmed                   Director                                                     March 30, 2001
---------------------------
    Zubair Ahmed

    /s/ Verdell Garroutte              Director                                                    March 30, 2001
---------------------------
    Verdell Garroutte

    /s/ Mark Briggs                    Director                                                    March 30, 2001
---------------------------
    Mark Briggs

    /s/ Barry Abelson                  Director                                                    March 30, 2001
---------------------------
     Barry Abelson
</TABLE>

<PAGE>



                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
       EXHIBIT
        NUMBER                    DESCRIPTION
       -------                    -----------
<S>               <C>
         5.1      Opinion of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth.
         23.1     Consent of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (Included in
                  Exhibit 5.1).
         23.2     Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent
                  Accountants.
         24.1     Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to the
                  Registration Statement).
</TABLE>
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As Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 9, 2001
                                                          Registration No. 333-

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                           ---------------------------

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                           ---------------------------

                          EN POINTE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

          Delaware                                    75-2467002
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF          (I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.)
 INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION)

   100 North Sepulveda Boulevard, 19th Floor, El Segundo, California 90245
                    (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)

                           ---------------------------

                            1996 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
                            (FULL TITLE OF THE PLAN)

                           ---------------------------

                               Attiazaz "Bob" Din
                             Chief Executive Officer
                          En Pointe Technologies, Inc.
                    100 North Sepulveda Boulevard, 19th Floor
                          El Segundo, California 90245
                     (NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)

                                 (310) 725-5200
          (TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)

                                    Copy to:
                               Nick E. Yocca, Esq.
           Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, A Professional Corporation
      660 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1600, Newport Beach, California 92660

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
======================================================================================================================
                                                 PROPOSED MAXIMUM          PROPOSED MAXIMUM            AMOUNT OF
  TITLE OF SECURITIES       AMOUNT TO BE          OFFERING PRICE       AGGREGATE OFFERING PRICE    REGISTRATION FEE
   TO BE REGISTERED          REGISTERED           PER SHARE (1)                   (1)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock, $.001       1,500,000 (2)          $ 1.28125                $ 1,921,875.00              $ 480.47
       par value               shares
======================================================================================================================
(1)      Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee,
         in accordance with Rule 457(h), on the basis of the price of securities
         of the same class, as determined in accordance with Rule 457(c), using
         the average of the high and low prices reported by the Nasdaq National
         Market for the Common Stock on April 4, 2001 which was $ 1.28125 per
         share.
(2)      Additional shares issuable pursuant to the 1996 Stock Incentive
         Plan. An aggregate of 1,260,000 shares of Common Stock available for
         issuance under the 1996 Stock Incentive Plan were registered on
         Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed on August 21, 1996
         (Registration No. 333-10583), August 11, 1997 (Registration No.
         333-33323) and September 30, 1998 (Registration No. 333-64785).
PART II
               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

         This registration statement relates to the En Pointe Technologies,
Inc. 1996 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). Initially, an aggregate of
360,000 shares of Common Stock were available for grant or award under the
Plan, and such 360,000 shares were registered on this form on August 21, 1996
(Reg. No. 333-10583). On August 11, 1997 (Reg. No. 333-33323) and September
30, 1998 (Reg. No. 333-64785), an additional 600,000 and 300,000 shares of
Common Stock were registered on this form, respectively, bringing the
aggregate authorized shares subject to the Plan to 1,260,000. On May 25,
2000, the Company's Board of Directors approved an increase of 1,500,000
shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan. On March 30, 2001, the
Company's stockholders approved such increase at the Company's Annual
Meeting. This registration statement covers the current increase of 1,500,000
shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan, bringing the total number of
authorized shares to 2,760,000.

Item 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

         The following documents are incorporated herein by reference:

         (a)      The contents of the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-10583).

         (b)      The contents of the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-33323); and

         (c)      The contents of the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-64785).

Item 8.  EXHIBITS.

         5.1      Opinion of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth.

         23.1     Consent of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (included in
                  Exhibit 5.1).

         23.2     Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent
                  Accountants.

         24.1     Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to the
                  Registration Statement).
SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of El Segundo, State of California, on the 6th day of
April, 2001.

                            EN POINTE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

                            By:       /s/   Bob Din
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Attiazaz "Bob" Din
                                     Chief Executive Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         We, the undersigned directors and officers of En Pointe Technologies,
Inc., do hereby make, constitute and appoint Attiazaz "Bob" Din and Michael
Shabazian, and each of them acting individually, our true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with power to act without any other and with full
power of substitution, to do any and all acts and things in our name and behalf
in our capacities as directors and officers, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, or any
related Registration Statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to
Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same,
with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises,
as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE                                  TITLE                                            DATE
             ---------                                  -----                                            -----
/s/ Bob Din                       Chief  Executive  Officer and  Chairman of the               March 30, 2001
---------------------------            Board (Principal Executive Officer)
     Attiazaz "Bob" Din

  /s/ Michael R. Shabazian             Chief   Operating   Officer,   President   and               March 30, 2001
---------------------------            Director
     Michael R. Shabazian

    /s/ Kevin D. Ayers                 Chief Financial Officer  (Principal  Financial               March 30, 2001
---------------------------            and Principal Accounting Officer)
    Kevin D. Ayers

    /s/ Naureen Din                    Secretary and Director                                       March 30, 2001
---------------------------
     Naureen Din

    /s/ Zubair Ahmed                   Director                                                     March 30, 2001
---------------------------
    Zubair Ahmed

    /s/ Verdell Garroutte              Director                                                    March 30, 2001
---------------------------
    Verdell Garroutte

    /s/ Mark Briggs                    Director                                                    March 30, 2001
---------------------------
    Mark Briggs

    /s/ Barry Abelson                  Director                                                    March 30, 2001
---------------------------
     Barry Abelson
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT
        NUMBER                    DESCRIPTION
       -------                    -----------
5.1      Opinion of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth.
         23.1     Consent of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (Included in
                  Exhibit 5.1).
         23.2     Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent
                  Accountants.
         24.1     Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to the
                  Registration Statement).