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Largest U.S. Apple Store Opens on Thursday (Boylston St, Boston)

Man, what a massive waste of space. Couldnt they put in a racquetball court?
 
And BU...

mccldwll said:
Interesting timing. Boston is "higher education central", and this store is opening right before commencements of BC, UMass(Boston), Tufts, Wellesley, Amherst, Brown (Providence, RI), MIT, Harvard, and a lot of others. People are coming from all over the world to these events, and returning. The grads already have iPods and laptops, but I wonder if there's anything else they might be able to use. Hmmmmm.
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Dude, we are as close as 4 T stops away from Boylston, and we are way larger than some of these schools. Thanks for forgetting us orz. The commencement is this Sunday too.

Anyway, if it's tomorrow, it may be worth checking out. Just hope that there won't be a long line there... Does anyone know how early people go there to line up and approximately how many people will be there by 6pm? I hope it's not worse than lining up for a Sox ticket...
 
anonymosity said:
Dude, we are as close as 4 T stops away from Boylston, and we are way larger than some of these schools. Thanks for forgetting us orz. The commencement is this Sunday too.

Anyway, if it's tomorrow, it may be worth checking out. Just hope that there won't be a long line there... Does anyone know how early people go there to line up and approximately how many people will be there by 6pm? I hope it's not worse than lining up for a Sox ticket...
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Probably people in line now, if not very soon.
 
Smith288 said:
Man, what a massive waste of space. Couldnt they put in a racquetball court?
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If you remember, the store wasn't supposed to have columns at all - the locals wanted to simulate columns in front, to "fit in" to local architecture. I think it would have looked cooler to see three floors 'floating' with the full glass front. sigh.
 
overanalyzer said:
Yeah, I've been traipsing to Cambridgeside for the last two years. I even took my 24" iMac there by taxi once for service at the Genius Bar. The Boylston store is definitely going to be a lot better...easily 10 times bigger, plus it's a 15-20 minute walk or 5 minute T ride from me (and most of Boston, for that matter), and I won't have to play the waiting game for a Green line to Lechmere.
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definitely agree here. When the heavy stuff needs repair, a $5 cab ride to Boylston beats a $20 cab ride to Cambridgeside any day. More Genui will help as well - the Cambridge store always has a long wait. (Never mind the store is often so crowded you can't get in the place... god for Apple, bad for me)
 
They MUST have hoarded some iPhones to have for sale at this store's opening...right? It would seem really odd, otherwise -- not to have one of their most popular and well-known items for sale on opening day...
 
Rojo said:
They MUST have hoarded some iPhones to have for sale at this store's opening...right? It would seem really odd, otherwise -- not to have one of their most popular and well-known items for sale on opening day...
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I'm sure they placed there order for products months ago. I'm heading down today, I'll take a peak in through the glass to see if I see any Phones.
 
Rojo said:
They MUST have hoarded some iPhones to have for sale at this store's opening...right? It would seem really odd, otherwise -- not to have one of their most popular and well-known items for sale on opening day...
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Possibly, but I'm sure that a lot of the people likely to show up at the grand opening are already well aware of the impending release of the 3G iPhone so would be unlikely to buy one. I guess we'll just have to wait until tomorrow night to find out for sure though.
 
man I used to live a five minute walk from there. I'll have to get back there to check it out.
 
Yep, the first Apple Store in Boston (although the CambridgeSide Galleria one is barely not Boston. It's right across the river.) But yeah, this will be very nice having it within a 5-10 minute walk from my house. But without the taco bell at BU, I don't have any reason to be all the way out at the Galleria for that taco bell anymore. Woe is me!
 
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