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Apple forgets that clean and modern doesn't also mean boring.
It's funny you say that. I was in California a few weeks ago and went into one of their stores. It was at that moment that I realized how boring and stale the Apple Stores have become.
 
There is another one in The Netherlands, in The hague, really beautiful on the outside too:

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I love the use of the matte black in contrast to the white and light birch. It looks sophisticated while retaining and not interfering with the elegance of the architecture.
 
They want to try a mass looting of an Apple store in Union Square, just let them. The amount of hidden riot gear and security in the part of the City is stunningly effective. I'm sure there are replacement panes of glass in a South San Francisco warehouse in stock just in case something like this happens.
 
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It's funny you say that. I was in California a few weeks ago and went into one of their stores. It was at that moment that I realized how boring and stale the Apple Stores have become.

This could also be a subconscious feeling about the products sitting on the tables. I know for me I don't enjoy entering the Apple Stores anymore... they feel boring because the products aren't changing enough. Everyone has an iPhone. iPads.. that's old news. Macbooks... everyone in college has one. No new magic. The company seems to be spending too much time on other tasks.
 
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I still don't understand why they don't feed the cable through the feet of the table. Everything would look so much more cleaner and elegant.View attachment 632057
Electrical codes in San Francisco are very antiquated dealing with electrical wire quality over a 100 years old. Just a few feet below Union Square, construction crews regularly dig up undocumented cables and pipes from ventures of long ago.

From that, there is very strict isolation requirements (for many types of ingresses) including a ban of running wires along stationary structures. I'm surprised they allowed a floor outlet. But then, looking at the coiled cable (to stretch in case of earthquake) and the size of the plug (sure it is water sealed) was required for that configuration in a retail store.
 
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When walking into a store that is so ostentatious as this one, you know the company that owns it is gouging all of its customers hand over fist. Such an obscene display of corpulence.

I don't like going into Apple stores at all.

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Refurbishing architecture is corpulence? Those locations existed before Apple entered them and Apple agrees to fix the existing building. You're on a MacRumors site... everything Apple is gouging it's customers. Stay home.
 
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Important to remember that random photos from non-professional cameras won’t depict the store as nice as it probably is in person. For example, the earlier comment above with photo from fancier-appearing Apple store with spiral glass staircase, that photo was professionally taken. I think the new wood shelves look amazing, and the photo of Ahrendts in front of image that appears to be a new Genius Bar, the wood counters look great. I echo the table wire comment above, it looks sloppy with spiraled cord. Hide it.
 
Does anyone think they'll be giving away goodie bags? I know they used to do this, but I think it's been years
 
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An Apple Store will always be an Apple Store. I'm sure in person it makes sense, but the photos are certainly not going to make it a priority to ever visit it.
 
Damn that generation of stores were beautiful. You can certainly tell that an admiration for art has left Apple. Instead you get goofy 1960's modern round tree planters, giant birdhouse sliding doors and nothing more.

There are two main types of Apple stores, those that restore historical buildings and the new ones built from scratch. This only affects the purpose-built stores.
 
Is MacRumors really run by Google, or are the forums just occupied by a bunch of people in urgent need of enemas? Seriously, on what is allegedly an Apple fan site, an article on the preview of a new SF store immediately yields 75+% negative comments.
It's called disappointment, disillusionment and plain old fashioned boredom with a stagnant, once buzzing company......
 
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