Think I'm going to head over to the MoA and see if I can get any details tomorrow. I'd like to know what they are going to do. That and I'd like to play around with the new PowerBooks. 
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Apple Stores Closed for Remodeling (MN, VA)
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THE APPLE STORE IS CLOSING FOR MAINTENANCE! NEW PRODUCTS MUST BE COMING OUT! LOOK OUT!!!
...oh, wait. Never mind, it's a physical store this time.
*goes about his life just like usual*
...oh, wait. Never mind, it's a physical store this time.
*goes about his life just like usual*
The ones here in MN are about 15-20 minutes apart. I hope the people at the store are smart enough to put up a sign in front that gives directions to the other store. Granted people may just say screw it but for those interested in actually picking up a Mac that day...
I talked to a few guys at length at the Mall of America store. The refresh is nothing but refinishing the store to make the decor similar to the new stores that have been opened lately. As to what they are planning they didn't say and honestly *shrugs* Whatever happens, happens. Its just a remodel after all.
PS- The new PowerBooks are sweet. Dang. I was 100% certain that I wanted a surfboard...er 17" now. Well now that 15" is looking pretty dang tempting. Hmmm. I still want a G5 though. *pouts and sits in a corner*
PS- The new PowerBooks are sweet. Dang. I was 100% certain that I wanted a surfboard...er 17" now. Well now that 15" is looking pretty dang tempting. Hmmm. I still want a G5 though. *pouts and sits in a corner*
Re: Re: probably iTunes, not Panther
So, which of these is true:
a) Everybody who wants broadband can get broadband, leaving only computer lamers to have dial-up.
-or-
b) Apple isn't interested in selling music to 60% of the country.
One of these has to be true for your statement to make sense.
So, which of these is true:
a) Everybody who wants broadband can get broadband, leaving only computer lamers to have dial-up.
-or-
b) Apple isn't interested in selling music to 60% of the country.
One of these has to be true for your statement to make sense.
Re: probably iTunes, not Panther
And just imagine if you forgot to de-authorize the store Mac before you left...
Nice idea, but highly impractical unless iPod syncing and the FairPlay DRM were changed to allow it. What you could do though, is have CD-Rs available in the store and just burn the protected AAC files on those, and take them with you. You'd still have to authorize/de-authorize the store Mac though.
Except for the fact that iPod syncing is still only one-way, from only one Mac at a time. So you'd have to make the store's Mac your iPod's "primary" Mac to download any iTunes purchases (and you'd have to authorize the store Mac for your account too) and that would wipe your own music library off your iPod. Then you'd have no way to get the purchased songs off the iPod onto your own Mac once you got home, without using some sort of third-party program.
And just imagine if you forgot to de-authorize the store Mac before you left...
Nice idea, but highly impractical unless iPod syncing and the FairPlay DRM were changed to allow it. What you could do though, is have CD-Rs available in the store and just burn the protected AAC files on those, and take them with you. You'd still have to authorize/de-authorize the store Mac though.
Re: Re: probably iTunes, not Panther
Even on the iPod it would be a great idea. Yes, they'd have to change things to make it work. Your point? Apple isn't above changing things to make this sort of thing work if it's a good idea.
That said, most Apple Stores are around major urban areas where broadband is already widely available...
Even on the iPod it would be a great idea. Yes, they'd have to change things to make it work. Your point? Apple isn't above changing things to make this sort of thing work if it's a good idea.
That said, most Apple Stores are around major urban areas where broadband is already widely available...
quote:All 65 Apple retail stores will host Night of the Panther kick-off events with free gifts, great savings, theater demos and a chance to win a Mac.
So what is different between the Southdale and MOA? To me, these two stores look identical (discounting size of course). I bet something new is in store...
(pun intended)
Two more opened the same night as the Panther release and two more are opening on the 1st of November. By the Thanksgiving holiday there will be, according to Apple CFO Anderson, 73 stores.
I wouldn't put much into the remodeling. I've read that some of the older stores are having problems with the original wooden flooring and that has to be changed. I think also it is just a update of the look of some of the older stores.
Remember that in his quarterly financial report, Anderson said the stores are now making a profit. I don't think any are in danger of closing on anything but a temporary basis.