On my way to visit an apple store - for the first time!

[scem0]

I've never been to an apple store before, but I am on my way
to the Houston Galleria apple store! Well, I'm on my way to
Houston to visit my grandparents, but nothing is going to keep
me from visiting the apple store. I don't know what to expect.
I hope I am not dissapointed.

I am just going to add that Austin, Texas NEEDS an Apple
Store. I have said this many times, but I am going to keep
saying this till we get one. C'mon apple, get your arse out of
Japan, and get me an Apple Store. :o ;)

Am I the only one who has never been to an Apple store? :confused:

I hope not.... ;)

[wdlove]

I'm sure that you will not be disappointed. You will feel like you are in heaven with so many toys! Plenty of helpful Apple employees. Lots of hardware & software.

My wife and I were at the CambridgeSide Galleria Apple Store yesterday. The only disappoinment for my wife was that they didn't have a 17" PB for her to play with. Their only model was in the window on display, not plugged in yet!

Let us know what purchases that you make!

I hope you enjoy your visit with your grandparents, remember what a great time I had in my youth! ;)

[scem0]

There is only a 0.0000000000000000000000000000000000001%
chance I will be making a purchase. I wish I had enough money,
to buy a toy - an iPod or maybe even a "toy" computer. ;)

Yes, I worked out the chance to ~36 significant figures.

[MacFan25]

I have never been to an Apple store, either. There isn't one near where I live. :(

Have a good time! :D

[wdlove]

If your grandparents are like mine were, they might buy you a toy! ;)

[scem0]

THAT WOULD BE AWESOME!!!!!!!!

My grandparents are great, but I don't want them to buy me a
'toy' because I would feel bad. :rolleyes: ;)

[wdlove]

Originally posted by scem0
THAT WOULD BE AWESOME!!!!!!!!

My grandparents are great, but I don't want them to buy me a
'toy' because I would feel bad. :rolleyes: ;)

That's what grandparents enjoying, spoiling their grandchildren. You should not feel bad, just enjoy!

[scem0]

don't they sell pens, and stuff like that in apple stores?

I would love something like that as a momento of my visit. :D

[beez7777]

yeah, apple stores are great. everytime i'm at the mall i go to the apple store. and i only make a purchase 6.9% of the time. (yes i calculated it ;) ) apple store openings are amazing too, if you ever get a chance to go, they give you a free t-shirt in a tube. i went to the SoHo opening the same day as MWNY last year and it was so cool. enjoy your journey to the apple store. :)

[Dont Hurt Me]

Have fun ScemO, i think they might have t shirts but not sure, it will probably be another 10 years or before S.carolina gets a Apple Store. We are allways the last for everything. Be sure to try out that 1 giger imac. Enjoy!

[scem0]

I am shaking I am so anxious. Well, I leave tomorrow, so I have
plenty of time to think about the fastest way to get from the
parking lot of the Galleria to the store. ;)

[G4scott]

While it'd be nice to have an Apple store in Austin (since I'm going to be there next year), there are only 600,000 or so people in Austin. Besides, not many people go to Austin to shop. They go to Dallas, Houston, or San Antonio. One in San Antonio would be nice, since it's bigger than Austin.

Apple really needs a store in McAllen, right next to the border. Tons of people from Mexico come with wads of cash ready to spend. Apple would make a killing...

[scem0]

But Austin has the perfect atmoshphere for apple. You always
see the 'keep Austin wierd' shirts. All the people wearing those
shirts would die to have an iBook ;) - once they saw one at the
new Apple Store. And there are so many computer companies
in Austin - well semiconductor manufacturing companies to be
exact, and that makes for good business. I think that if an Apple
store was opened on the drag (downtown Austin) they would
sell TONS of laptops to college students, tech people, and all the
people who want to 'keep Austin wierd'. And I would be there a
lot. ;).

[Kwyjibo]

Originally posted by scem0
There is only a 0.0000000000000000000000000000000000001%
chance I will be making a purchase. I wish I had enough money,
to buy a toy - an iPod or maybe even a "toy" computer. ;)

Yes, I worked out the chance to ~36 significant figures.


Thats only one sig fig tho.... I'm not a fan of the Apple Stores even though I love seeing and playing with the Mac's the people there piss me off except for the genius. Each time it seems like they are trying to pressure me to buy. Even when i have things on order like my iBook I had to go play iwht one over the weekend and even after I told the woman mine was arriving on monday she was still there. Also just at the Woodfield Illinois the sales people i've spoken with are not quite as smart as the average person on this forum :)

[scem0]

no, it is ~36 I'm pretty sure. If there is a decimal point, all the
zero's count. There is some rule like that. 100000 is only one
sig fig, but 100000.0 is 7 sig figs. ;)

[Kwyjibo]

Originally posted by scem0
no, it is ~36 I'm pretty sure. If there is a decimal point, all the
zero's count. There is some rule like that. 100000 is only one
sig fig, but 100000.0 is 7 sig figs. ;) \

I'm sure its only one sig fig. The zeros are place holders in fractions of a whole like that. Your example is correct. I just looked thru my physics text and it confirms my assessment.

[scem0]

Originally posted by Kwyjibo
\

I'm sure its only one sig fig. The zeros are place holders in fractions of a whole like that. Your example is correct. I just looked thru my physics text and it confirms my assessment.

Well whoopdy - freakin' - doo. ;):D :D . I think my IPC teacher
taught me wrong then.... :rolleyes:

[job]

Hey scem0 I go to that exact same Apple store at least once a month.

Every time I go I walk out with something...it's not to great on the bank account....but it's Apple stuff so it's fine. ;)

Last time I was there I picked up an Airport Extreme basestation. A couple months before that my father bought a scanner and I picked up RtCW and Icewind Dale.

The store itself is a bit on the small side, but it's filled to the brim with Apple stuff.

All Apple models are available to play with. It's great fun.

See if you can pick up a free poster or two. ;)

[scem0]

Maybe I should take all my cash..... :D :D

[job]

Originally posted by scem0
Maybe I should take all my cash..... :D :D

Hahaha. :D

I wouldn't.

If you did, you would probably walk out with the whole store.

Take only what you need. ;)

[Kwyjibo]

Originally posted by scem0
Well whoopdy - freakin' - doo. ;):D :D . I think my IPC teacher
taught me wrong then.... :rolleyes:

I think your just confusing the rules. Its no big deal. I had to relearn them for the beginning of this year because my teacher doesn't grade the problem if you screw up sig figs. Most people screw up the rule of if theres a decimal then all the seros count. this only matters in the 1000.00000 where there are 9 sig figs as opposed to two in 0.000045

[scem0]

Originally posted by Kwyjibo
I think your just confusing the rules. Its no big deal. I had to relearn them for the beginning of this year because my teacher doesn't grade the problem if you screw up sig figs. Most people screw up the rule of if theres a decimal then all the seros count. this only matters in the 1000.00000 where there are 9 sig figs as opposed to two in 0.000045

What is the difference between those 2 numbers? I hate sig figs,
they are stupid and pointless. :o ;)

[wdlove]

scemo, I will be anxious to hear about your trip to your grandparents and the Apple Store. Take photo's and post please. ;)

[janey]

just make sure you seriously don't piss any apple store employee off.
Well it's probably just me but i went to the Northridge Apple Store a couple of months after it opened with one of my friends who got into this argument about macs vs. pc's with one of the geniuses and they were both pissed.
Then you can probably guess what happened...Los Angeles has four Apple Stores-and she met the same guy at three of them ;)

[Kwyjibo]

Originally posted by scem0
What is the difference between those 2 numbers? I hate sig figs,
they are stupid and pointless. :o ;)

Ill agree to that but when i'm on a forum that tries to define a geek.... I have to say something. Good Times and have fun on your trip don't expect the fantabulous from the apple store its not quite mecca or rome.

[janey]

Originally posted by Kwyjibo
Ill agree to that but when i'm on a forum that tries to define a geek.... I have to say something. Good Times and have fun on your trip don't expect the fantabulous from the apple store its not quite mecca or rome.
it's as cool as going to cupertino, i think it's somewhat like meeting steve jobs or mecca :rolleyes: :) ;) :p
and what was wrong with the geek thread? it was cool while it lasted :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[scem0]

I wouldn't call it cool.... Geeky things aren't 'cool'.

But it was definitely fun..... and very sexy ;).

I might bring my sister's digital camera and take a couple pics.
I won't be able to post for....... 3 days!!!! I know, it is horrible.

;) :rolleyes: :D

[Mr. Anderson]

I've been to a couple stores in the area and my overall impression is one of not a retail store but more of an art gallery, interactive art gallery.

The stores are nice - but the prices aren't always the best you can find.

D

[job]

Originally posted by dukestreet
The stores are nice - but the prices aren't always the best you can find.

That's the Houston Galleria for you. ;) :D

Overpriced, but hey, it looks good! :p

Kinda like Apple...

[sethwerkheiser]

it wasnt that long ago that I started thinking of getting a Mac, then to my surprise I saw there's an Apple Store about 2 hours from me at the big King of Prussia mall. I went in there and played with a 15" PowerBook and I was hooked. This was on Black Friday of last year and I am getting closer to finally owning a Mac. Sometime this month hopefully. I can't wait to go to their store and walk out with a nice iBook :)

[wdlove]

I hope scemo is having a good trip! It will be a long 3 days to wait for his photo's and a report on his trip. Have a feeling that his report will occur sooner that I think! :)

[janey]

hey scem0 tell us what you think about the apple store...in the apple store!!!

[scem0]

I am on a dual 1.42 powermac, with a 23"
cinema display.

AMAZING.

The apple store is great. If there was one in
Austin, I would do ANYTHING to get a job there.
I want every single thing in here. It is making
me very jealous. Safari runs really quick (v60
if you wanted to know). No 17" powerbooks,
which I really wanted to show my mom, but
I guess she will have to see them in CompUSA
later this year. This is the largest monitor in
the world! Well, not really, but it is really big
and nice. My grandfather is being exposed to
a touchpad for the first time, and he is pretty
amazed. :rolleyes: :D. I can't wait for apple
to release a PPC 970 powermac, they are going
to fly... I am going to buy one right away.
Unless, of course, I don't have enough money
for a good one, and in that case I will wait for
the update, which may introduce new things
other than a new processor, which would be
nice. This thing responds so well! 1 gig of RAM.
Maybe I should hook up my digital camera, which
I have taken some pics on, and post them right
now. I don't know it they will approve or not
though.

There is less apple stuff in it then I thought. They
need to be promoting iPods as well as their
computers. My grandparents are funny. They
are talking to the apple guy about the 'new type
mouse'. lol. Be expecting pictures, if not now,
tomorrow.

I'm off to preview all the computers ;).

[scem0]

This is what the store looks like.

(taken from a digital camera hooked up to a 1 GHz)

[wdlove]

Hi scem0, glad to hear that you are enjoying yourself. Hope to see more photo's soon. My wife was disappointed also about the 17" PB.

I could tell by your post that you are having a great time! ;)

[Dont Hurt Me]

Glad you had fun, hope you have some more photos and by the way were you able to find any little tidbits with apple logo's on them? shirts?

[MacFan25]

Glad to hear that you are having a good time. I've never seen any pics or been in an Apple store, but from the pics, it looks nice.

[lmalave]

Originally posted by scem0
This is what the store looks like.

(taken from a digital camera hooked up to a 1 GHz)

Looks quite nice. It's so....empty though. The Apple store here in SoHo is always packed with people at all times of day.

[job]

Originally posted by scem0
I want every single thing in here.

Told ya. ;)

I go there at least once a month.

Last time I went there were lines almost out of the door. Interestingly enough, people bought more software than hardware when I was there.

[scem0]

Before leaving

[scem0]

yes, my eyes are naturally red with a blue ring on the outer-iris.

:D ;)

[scem0]

and yes, I do have flourescent lights in my pants.

:rolleyes: :D

[scem0]

I'm pretty sure that was MR on the iMac monitor.

[scem0]

That last picture really showed off my flourescent pants.

Last one:

[wdlove]

Scem0 I think you are a nice looking young man! So what is your impression of the Apple store? It looks a lot like mine at the CambridgeSide Galleria. What did you purchase? Did they give you any Apple gifts?

[wdlove]

Originally posted by scem0
Before leaving

What a coincidence I have blue eyes also, fond of them! ;) I think your pupils are large because of a dark room. What kind of dew do you use?

[scem0]

dew? What is this dew you speak of? :confused:

[vniow]

Originally posted by wdlove
Scem0 I think you are a nice looking young man!

Yeah, definately not as geeky looking as I thought he'd be.http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=257466

[wdlove]

Originally posted by scem0
dew? What is this dew you speak of? :confused:

Or was you hair just wet in the1st photo, sorry just wasn't sure. I don't mean any offense, your a nice guy would be a privlidge to have for a friend! ;)

[scem0]

My hair was just really greasy. I haven't bathed in the last 2 years.

Nah, it was just wet. (I just got out of the shower ;))


I'm glad to know I'm not geeky looking. ;):D.

[vniow]

Originally posted by scem0
I'm glad to know I'm not geeky looking. ;):D.

Seems like Macrumors members in general aren't as geeky looking as you would think, see these threads:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7433

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5483

[scem0]

It truly is wierd to see the people you have your own image of.

When are we gunna see something above the ankle on you vniow? ;)

[King Cobra]

I think Ms. V already posted her pic. It had a remote in it.

I tried searching for it a few weeks ago and couldn't find it. Right now I have dial-up intensive activities running in the background.

And I didn't save the pic. Do you still have the remote pointer, V?

[vniow]

me (http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=84924)

[King Cobra]

:eek:^2

dumbass over here ->> just realized he had that pic in his pictures folder.

scem, any reaction? http://www.rx7club.com/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[scem0]

:eek: ^:confused:

^
reaction

[3777]

Originally posted by scem0
and yes, I do have flourescent lights in my pants.

:rolleyes: :D

LOL your a frigan freak scem0!!!

[scem0]

Yeah I am! Well, my sister calls me that a lot, so it must be true.

:rolleyes: ;)

[wdlove]

Originally posted by vniow
me (http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=84924)

How about a real photo Miss V, now that we've seen scem0. Please with honey & sugar on it, please? ;)

[wdlove]

Originally posted by scem0
Yeah I am! Well, my sister calls me that a lot, so it must be true.

:rolleyes: ;)

That is what sisters are for scem0. I'm sure you really enjoy her, you are very lucky. I always wanted a sister and so did my parents. But I got a brother instead, aw shucks! :p

[G4scott]

You do know that now that your pictures are here, you're going to find your face on many different bodies... It never fails...

I hope you had fun. My mom almost got a 12" PowerBook at the Comp USA in Austin at the gateway shopping center, but I got it in McAllen instead, because I would get to play with it sooner. I didn't expect for them to have it in stock, but they did, and I'm happy...

[scem0]

I would be honored if someone would take the time to put my
head on someone else's body! :rolleyes: ;) :D :D

[wdlove]

Originally posted by scem0
I would be honored if someone would take the time to put my
head on someone else's body! :rolleyes: ;) :D :D

Any guesses as to how long it will take? ;)

[scem0]

not too long. But it all depends on how well the image is
photoshopped and onto what my head is being placed :rolleyes: :D.

[King Cobra]

Well, Mr. Facetar. At least if your face is going to be on someone else, make sure that his/her face replaces yours so I can look at your pics without the fear of going blind. :D

Ask duke to do some Photoshop work. He already managed to do something with eye.

And I'm sure he/she knows very well. Don't you, dollface?? (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?threadid=6220)

[wdlove]

I think that for scem0 they will do a nice job to make you proud. What body would you like for your head to be placed?