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I lived in the Twin Cites for 20+ years and visited them on occasion, upgrading one of my Macs to a Power PC, years before Apple stores. With 4 Apple stores in the area, I can understand this outcome and guess small Apple retailers are bitter about this. However from a business standpoint, it was the right move for Apple, just step over the carcasses. :-/
 
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