Apple Store Openings 2003

[janey]

Well last night i got one of those calendar of events from the apple store and noticed that the number of stores increased...so here are the stores that are opening in 2003, just thought some of you might want to know :D

Burlingame, California: Burlingame
Sacramento, California: Arden Fair
Santa Monica, California : Third Street Promenade
Walnut Creek, California : Walnut Creek
Boca Raton, Florida: Boca Raton
Honolulu, Hawaii: Ala Moana
Chicago, Illinois: North Michigan Avenue
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts: Chestnut Hill
Huntington Station, New York: Walt Whitman
Bellevue, Washington: Bellevue Square

which means that there are now:
14 Apple Stores in California (New York has the next largest amount of apple stores-7)
63 Apple Stores in the United States
but no Apple Stores in many states including Oregon, Utah, Idaho, most of the northern states, Louisiana, and Maine.

[vniow]

Wow, could they have any more in California?

[ibookin']

Originally posted by vniow
Wow, could they have any more in California?

I think they'll have the perfect amount when there's one right next door to my house. :D

[vniow]

Originally posted by ibookin'@mwny
I think they'll have the perfect amount when there's one right next door to my house. :D

Hee hee...too bad the one nearest my house shut down recently...http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=252654

[pyrotoaster]

The Chicago Store is supposed to be a super store of sorts, like SoHo.

I can't wait. :D

[DaedalusDE]

when i was in chicago a few weeks ago i saw a scaffold set up with an apple logo over it, right next to the sony store on the magnificent mile (its magnificant, not miracle right? one of thems in chicago the other's on long island). I cant wait till I go to college and hopefully get a job at Apple Store Chicago... right down the block from the ghirrardelli store (i totally butchered that name but whatever.)

[patrick0brien]

-Folks

As you can see from my info, I'm live in Chicago, and I have been waiting for the Magnificent (yes, it's Magnificent not Miracle :) ) mile store for a while.

This is most definitely a flagship-level store with that famous staircase. However this one has taken so long as they pretty much leveled the old building on the site. The only thing that seemed to have preserved was the skeletal structure of the building.

It's just about done now, and I have a number of switchers to walk in the door.

BTW- Could it be three stories high? Hmm...

[candan9019]

I'm kinda wondering about Canada. One store in each major Canadian City ( about 8) and you probably cover 70% of Canadians.
Yes I know California has almost as many people as Canada but...
Oh well Denver has 2 and im not complaning but when I move It would be nice.

[janey]

Originally posted by candan9019
I'm kinda wondering about Canada. One store in each major Canadian City ( about 8) and you probably cover 70% of Canadians.
Yes I know California has almost as many people as Canada but...
Oh well Denver has 2 and im not complaning but when I move It would be nice.
Apple's thinking of stores in other countries, you're not the only person who is complaining about the lack of Apple Stores outside of the United States. When Apple does indeed start opening stores, I'm pretty sure the first international stores are going to be in the UK and Canada, maybe Japan.

[dstorey]

I'm suprised theres not one in Austin...its quite famous for being a cool place and very arty - apples main market of course. Also suprised at none in the likes of Jacksonville, I think thats a pretty dam big city isn't it?

Outside usa I wouldnt be suprised to see apple stores in the likes of London, Vancouver, Toronto, Sydney, Tokyo, Kyoto, Seoul, Paris, Barcelona, Madrid and Rome, possibly Milan.

[aethier]

Well i sure hope they come to Montréal soon, all the apple retailers around my house kinda suck.. they never ever have anything... (i still applied for a job there anyways,,,)

aethier

[MrMacMan]

Originally posted by vniow
Hee hee...too bad the one nearest my house shut down recently...http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=252654

which was was?

hm... are there really 7 apple stores in NY?

I can't name them all, Let see (don't look at the apple page cheaters :p):
Garden City, SoHo, Palisades... um... 3/7 I'm pretty bad...

[vniow]

Originally posted by MrMacman
which was was?


It was was Computerware, they were a reseller, mischief used to work there, they shut down a couple weeks ago.http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=252654

[rainman::|:|]

that's ****ed up. 14 stores in one state?! and there's not 1 in mine. and several others. i guess i understand doing it by population to an extent, but this is getting rediculous. Especially since Apple seems really blasé about their other retailers-- i think they're ignoring them since they have the apple stores going.

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

pnw

[vniow]

Originally posted by paulwhannel
that's ****ed up. 14 stores in one state?! and there's not 1 in mine. and several others. i guess i understand doing it by population to an extent, but this is getting rediculous. Especially since Apple seems really blasé about their other retailers-- i think they're ignoring them since they have the apple stores going.

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

pnw

Heh, no kidding, pretty much everybody here in California knows at least something about Macs, back when I lived in OK though, Macs were like an alien species or something, the first time I saw one was somewhere on the internet, and the first one I saw in real life was at a Fry's here in Cali, I never saw them in OK anywhere, Apple needs to spread around to the people that don't know what they are, not saturate the market where they already have a strong presence.http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=251202http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=251202http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=251202

[MrMacMan]

Originally posted by vniow
It was was Computerware, they were a reseller, mischief used to work there, they shut down a couple weeks ago.http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=252654

ah, I thought you meant an Apple Store, not retailer, still sucks tho.

[janey]

Originally posted by MrMacman
which was was?

hm... are there really 7 apple stores in NY?

I can't name them all, Let see (don't look at the apple page cheaters :p):
Garden City, SoHo, Palisades... um... 3/7 I'm pretty bad...
the ones in new york:
albany, crossgates
buffalo, walden galleria
garden city, roosevelt field
huntington station, walt whitman (coming 2003)
new york, soho
west nyack, palisades
white plains, the westchester

[janey]

Originally posted by paulwhannel
that's ****ed up. 14 stores in one state?!
well there are 14 apple stores, a gazillion retailers/resellers and apple (yes, cupertino is in california)

[Doctor Q]

Are there any substantial reasons to prefer one Apple store to another? Do they all carry the same selection of the same products at the same prices and have the same setup to let you try before you buy?

[patrick0brien]

Originally posted by Doctor Q
Are there any substantial reasons to prefer one Apple store to another? Do they all carry the same selection of the same products at the same prices and have the same setup to let you try before you buy?

-Doc

Well, there are actually three teirs of Apple store right now:

The boutique - Little Tiny store E.G. OakBrook IL.
The Standard - Medium size and most common: Schaumburg, IL
The Flagship - Big, multifloor store in high priced real estate, rare, only three on the scope now: Michigan Avenue, SoHo, and L.A.

The selection differs little between them, but the amount of backstock is a big difference. Prices should be the same, sales tax, though, is not of course.

[Vlade]

I cant wait untill there is one less than 150 miles from me in Hicksville PA.

[vniow]

Originally posted by Vlade
I cant wait untill there is one less than 150 miles from me in Hicksville PA.

Hmm...maybe Hicksville, CA has some hope just yet!

[janey]

Originally posted by patrick0brien
The Flagship - Big, multifloor store in high priced real estate, rare, only three on the scope now: Michigan Avenue, SoHo, and L.A.
you mean überpricey über-rare stores in places like Beverly Hills (technically the Apple Store @ the Grove is in beverly hills) where the store is nice and big and clean and wonderful but the geniuses are just as snotty as the people who live in the area

[Doctor Q]

I've had good experiences with the salespeople I've talked to at The Grove. One impressed me with his knowledge of Final Cut Pro. He even gave me advice on when non-Apple monitors might suit me better than Apple's offerings. With salespeople, it's often the luck of the draw as to whether you get good help.

[Grimace]

Expect big things from the Chicago store - that is a huge audience which is very open to "change" if it doesn't require driving to Schaumburg or Woodfield (two disgustingly large Malls about 45 minutes west).

The more Apple stores the better.

[janey]

Originally posted by Doctor Q
With salespeople, it's often the luck of the draw as to whether you get good help.
the "mac genius" biatch i hate was fired i think...thank god.
most of them are nice, there are a few who are rude and/or snotty though

[applemacdude]

yeah some of them are asses

[patrick0brien]

Originally posted by übergeek
you mean überpricey über-rare stores in places like Beverly Hills (technically the Apple Store @ the Grove is in beverly hills) where the store is nice and big and clean and wonderful but the geniuses are just as snotty as the people who live in the area

-Uber

Wow, there's some anger there!

Weel I suppose well see.

I think the folks at the Apple Store Michigan Avenue would surprise all of us. If the crop of employees are anything like Niketown next door or the Sony Store on the other side, it's will be quite a pleasant experience - if a bit crowded. All the ********** time. :D

[Foxer]

Originally posted by carletonmusic
Expect big things from the Chicago store - that is a huge audience which is very open to "change" if it doesn't require driving to Schaumburg or Woodfield (two disgustingly large Malls about 45 minutes west).

Scahumberg and Woodfield are the same palce. You mean Woodfield and Oakbrook, which ain't that big.

When is the Michigan Ave. sotre supposed to open? it's been building forever.

[tazo]

<<<<------is waiting for bell square

[janey]

Originally posted by patrick0brien
-Uber

Wow, there's some anger there!

Weel I suppose well see.

uhh, it's über, not uber and you do the "ü" by holding down the option key while pressing the u key and then press it again after letting go of the option key.

if you've never had the blonde genius biatch i had at the apple store @ the grove you wouldn't understand. she is the DEVIL, she is a true moron, she is stupid and she is rude to EVERYONE
sorry man but she is hell. seriously. i don't even want to know how she got that job.

[funkywhat2]

Apple Walt Whitman opens Saturday!!! Yay!

http://www.apple.com/retail/waltwhitman/

[c2kvette]

I thought there was a store opening in Charlotte, NC this fall?

[Doctor Q]

Originally posted by übergeek
uhh, it's über, not uber and you do the "ü" by holding down the option key while pressing the u key and then press it again after letting go of the option key.When you tell people how to use the Option key on a Mac to type ü, you might want to mention the equivalent for those using a PC, since some members are using them. Under Windows, hold down the Alt key while you press 0 2 5 2 on the numeric keypad. Then release the Alt key to get the ü character. If that seems awkward, it's yet another reason to switch!

[janey]

Originally posted by Doctor Q
When you tell people how to use the Option key on a Mac to type ü, you might want to mention the equivalent for those using a PC...
sorry bout that i forgot :eek:
i should mention that too but since a lot of the people who go on these forums use Macs...
thanx doctor q!

[adamfilip]

I want an Apple Store in Canada

Preferably in Ontario
Preferably Near Toronto!

Common Apple.!!

[Doctor Q]

Originally posted by übergeek
a lot of the people who go on these forums use Macs...I see from the poll about OSes (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=303035#post303035) that you, me, ibookin'@mwny, scem0, and others use Windows, not just Macs. Most of my posts are from Mac OS machines, but I post from Windows too. I wonder what percentage of posts are from Mac machines? Or visits/views for that matter. Hmmm. I wonder if vBulletin can keep track of the browser info it receives?

[tazo]

i am going to the grand opening of bell square tomorrow, I will be waiting in line when they open. woot. i might buy an apple pro keyboard or a new wireless mouse. woot.

look for me, i will be the one with a polo shirt and flipped up hair

[janey]

Originally posted by tazo
i am going to the grand opening of bell square tomorrow, I will be waiting in line when they open. woot. i might buy an apple pro keyboard or a new wireless mouse. woot.

look for me, i will be the one with a polo shirt and flipped up hair
grab a tshirt while you're there!

[tazo]

well i plan to be one of the 1st 1000 there so i get one anyways :P

[beez7777]

funkywhat2 and i will probably be among the first at the opening of the walt whitman mall tomorrow. this'll be my second opening, aside from the SoHo one. Maybe we'll see other macrumors members, although they'll be no way of knowing.

[tazo]

we should wear a name tag, I am "x name" at macrumors.com :D :D

[beez7777]

Originally posted by tazo
we should wear a name tag, I am "x name" at macrumors.com :D :D

well my friend whom i'll be with(funkywhat2) will be wearing a white apple store SoHo shirt, and he's kinda tall, so you'll probably see him, and a shorter kid (me) with him. if you see us, say hi :)

[Ryan1524]

i wonder when will they open some in Canada..:(

[smada]

Well we certainly need an apple store in nashville. I live about 5 minutes away from the mall (which is being redone, currently, and would accept an apple store quite nicely) but I still have to drive out 20 minutes to CompUSA or the closest mac reseller when I need my apple fix.

And I need a job.

[tazo]

i went to bell sq. the line had to be 1 mile long, atleast 2500 people there. 3% my ass. i tried to buy a tshirt for 20 dollars. i asked a teenager there if i could buy his tshirt, and he is like nah i cam ejust for the tshirt, i saw in his bag he had the 30o gig ipod. ****ing asshole,. "yah i came just for a tshirt...and a 500 dollar ipod.."

needless to say i did not wait and I will be going very early on monday morning, hopefully it will not be like that

[dstorey]

haha, I thought you were taking the preverbial about the ü but no it's true. That must be the ASCII code is it? surely there is an easier way like control alt, then a for á?

[GeeYouEye]

Woohoo!!! Been waiting for one in Walnut Creek forever... it's the perfect place to put one... For every city in Contra Costa County, with the exceptions of San Ramon and Antioch (possibly coincidentally, the two nearest In-n-Out Burger's), Walnut Creek is no more than 25 minutes away (or an hour on Friday afternoons). Emeryville is an hour at least when you count traffic, and Palo Alto is 90-120 minutes away. Plus there's no parking in Palo Alto.

My only questions are: where will it be? There's only two or three possibilities - Broadway Plaza (why - a big black store there, with huge black tarps covering the windows, so no one can see in. why not - The store is supposedly called Walnut Creek... if it was in Broadway, it'd be Walnut Creek - Broadway Plaza), In the lot where the old Festival Cinemas used to be (why - decently large lot, something being built, not part of Broadway. why not - not enough nearby parking, not that high traffic a location), and in the building complex with the new theater (if THAT ever opens :rolleyes: :rolleyes:. why - will soon be high traffic area, parking, not in Broadway. why not - every building there is UGLY as sin, and fairly small).

In the end though, I don't really care where it is, as long as it opens. The other question is when. I know 2003... but a slightly better time frame would be nice.

I think I might get a job there... maybe as a Mac Genius or something.

[QCassidy352]

"Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts: Chestnut Hill"

hot damn! There's gonna be an apple store 2 miles away from me when I'm home from college! :D And there's already one a 20 min. drive from me at college -- Lucky me! :D

[shadowfax]

Austin, TX deserves one. Dallas sucks, and it has two.

[pretentious]

Hey tazo I just got back from the Bellevue store... I thought it was beautiful, but you didn't get a t-shirt??

How late did you get there? I got there sometime at 9:45 and waited in line for at least an hour and a half and still got a t-shirt and they still had a couple boxes left after I left about a 45 minutes later. There had to be more than just a thousand t-shirts, 'cuz I know that there were more than a thousand people in there before I got in, so I'm surprized that you didn't get one...sorry :( .

BTW the t-shirts are frekin' huge! I'm not a small man and I usually ware just a large, but these XL seem to be like a dress to me. I kinda wish I can get one of the black ones the employees where waring, they're more my style.

Well anyway does anyone know what the "Designed by Apple in California" on the back means? anyone thank this seems odd for a t-shirt?

[janey]

Originally posted by pretentious
BTW the t-shirts are frekin' huge! I'm not a small man and I usually ware just a large, but these XL seem to be like a dress to me. I kinda wish I can get one of the black ones the employees where waring, they're more my style.

Well anyway does anyone know what the "Designed by Apple in California" on the back means? anyone thank this seems odd for a t-shirt?
apple puts that thing on the back of almost everything they "design" or make or produce, whatever the right word is.
the t-shirts are like one size fits all or something, it'll be really inconvenient for apple to give away t-shirts in like 7 different sizes so they give out something large.

[pretentious]

I'm not complaining and understand completely about the one-size-fits-all thing too, it just struck me odd since I'm not not a small person (6ft. 200lbs.) and it fits me like a small bed sheet.
I usually buy my products second hand so I've never seen the "Designed by" before. I wonder why they are so proud that they are from California? Its not like I have a problem with Cali. and I'm not from there so is it normal to be so proud? I could understand if they're Texans and its from Texas... 'cuz they're weird like that (j/k), but California?

[pmac933]

Originally posted by vniow
Heh, no kidding, pretty much everybody here in California knows at least something about Macs, back when I lived in OK though, Macs were like an alien species or something, the first time I saw one was somewhere on the internet, and the first one I saw in real life was at a Fry's here in Cali, I never saw them in OK anywhere, Apple needs to spread around to the people that don't know what they are, not saturate the market where they already have a strong presence.http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=251202http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=251202http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=251202

Yeah, you're right about Apple's presence here in Oklahoma. They can be found, but most Oklahomans have probably never seen one. I know of 6 stores in OKC and Tulsa that sell Macs, but most of them are small, boutique-like stores. Did you live in a small town when you were here?

[pmac933]

Originally posted by Shadowfax
Austin, TX deserves one. Dallas sucks, and it has two.

Yeah, Shadowfax, I definitely agree with you. Also, I believe that Apple has an office in Austin, so you would think that there would be some desire to open up a store for their employees to shop at. I think that they should open one up to thumb their noses at Dell.

[vniow]

Originally posted by pmac933
Yeah, you're right about Apple's presence here in Oklahoma. They can be found, but most Oklahomans have probably never seen one. I know of 6 stores in OKC and Tulsa that sell Macs, but most of them are small, boutique-like stores. Did you live in a small town when you were here?


Heh, I lived in a little town outside of Tuttle, but this was all before I even really got into computers but as far as I know there's only a couple places in the city that sell Macs, one of them is CrapUSA and I've seen some sites on the internet but not in person..

Apple needs to spend some time, effort and money to get to people who've never even heard of a Mac, not sell to places where they're already extablished, that's called stagnation and it is the enemy of innovation.

Ah well, at least they have a Gateway store...http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=251202

Heh, maybe when Gateway goes under Apple can buy out the property and replace it with one of theirs..http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=257755

[tazo]

Originally posted by pretentious
Hey tazo I just got back from the Bellevue store... I thought it was beautiful, but you didn't get a t-shirt??

How late did you get there? I got there sometime at 9:45 and waited in line for at least an hour and a half and still got a t-shirt and they still had a couple boxes left after I left about a 45 minutes later. There had to be more than just a thousand t-shirts, 'cuz I know that there were more than a thousand people in there before I got in, so I'm surprized that you didn't get one...sorry :( .

BTW the t-shirts are frekin' huge! I'm not a small man and I usually ware just a large, but these XL seem to be like a dress to me. I kinda wish I can get one of the black ones the employees where waring, they're more my style.

Well anyway does anyone know what the "Designed by Apple in California" on the back means? anyone thank this seems odd for a t-shirt?

hey well i am here now, posting on one of the ibooks. very cool. the store is nice, albiet somewhat small. the people asre nice, bell sq. is awesome. anyway. its almost 7 pm and there is no line. anyway. its still cool. i tried to buy a shirt off of a guy earlier, no go on that. anywayy. the store is so awesome and i feel like i am at a family reuinion :P