If they understood that customers were people they would have improved winodws a long time ago
If Windows is so bad then how bad is OS/X which is much less popular than Windows? OS/X should be atrocious I guess.
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Microsoft Planning 75 New Retail Stores to Take on Apple
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If Windows is so bad then how bad is OS/X which is much less popular than Windows? OS/X should be atrocious I guess.
For $800 more, so true....
But believe me, this guy I know is having nothing but nightmares with his Netbook from Office Depot... (especially since he paid $299 for an Atom based with a smaller screen with Windows 7 Starter).
He wishes he bought a NetBook from the MS Store instead...
My point, people in the market for a PC that want "some sort" of store support and not have to deal with the bloatware now have a choice.
They copied Apple - so what, been to Office Depot lately and seen all the "new" Tablets?
HAHAHAHAHA - Yes it's just a style, but forgive me when I say that I've never seen any computer store have the same style of Apple's retail store prior to Apple opening their stores or after, until now. CompUSA has it's own style and look. So does, Fry's Electronics, Micro Center, Best Buy, and even the dearly departed Gateway stores.
The photos posted by Nebrie at the top of page 9 of this thread clearly shows that Microsoft spent the money to imitate Apple's style down to the lanyard ID tags on the solid color T-shirt wearing store employee.
Please educate me on all the other computer stores that share the same store "style" that Apple uses that is on par with Microsoft's implementation.
Sony is now remodeling their stores in the same style...
http://www.sonyinsider.com/2011/03/31/first-sony-store-opens-in-los-angeles/
SWEET! Thanks for the news. I missed this one. I actually think Sony will benefit greatly from doing this.
This makes a lot of sense with all the products they have to show. Makes me more interested in looking into their Sony Alpha DSLR.
My Apple fanboy meter is going through the roof in this thread.
Everything is mutually defined by reference to it's opposite.
originality is something that has never existed at Microsoft, company has yet to have an original idea, you would of thought after 75 years the company would of had at least one original idea.
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And instead of Clear glass or no doors (inside malls), they'll have large super fast like the death star doors but ble Whig will randomly slam down as ppl r coming and going. On those blue walls will be various error messages
And their staff will be trained to ask permission questions to customers non stop
Seriously, this will be interesting - they've only really operating systems. Their computers were 3rd parties.
It would make more sense for Dell to open retail stores.
And instead of Clear glass or no doors (inside malls), they'll have large super fast like the death star doors but ble Whig will randomly slam down as ppl r coming and going. On those blue walls will be various error messages
And their staff will be trained to ask permission questions to customers non stop
Seriously, this will be interesting - they've only really operating systems. Their computers were 3rd parties.
It would make more sense for Dell to open retail stores.
MS stores
Just in the nick of time MS...way to innovate!
I saw the one across from the Apple Store at the Mall of America this spring and asked myself " what did Apple expand?... Then I looked closer and said ohhhh..how sad is that!
Just in the nick of time MS...way to innovate!
I saw the one across from the Apple Store at the Mall of America this spring and asked myself " what did Apple expand?... Then I looked closer and said ohhhh..how sad is that!
I think a Sony store is a great idea unlike a Windows Store. I'm guessing I can repair or replace broken Sony TVs, computers, PS3s at the Sony store like I can at an Apple store.
American geography
According to their map Microsoft would have one of their stores in what appears Kaycee, Wyoming. While it is centrally located on I-25, still something of a small market with a population of 249 (2000 census), and not much else around for miles.
Another report has this same store more centrally located a bit south off I-25, in Lone Tree, Colorado, which is a southern suburb of greater Denver.
Odds are Wyoming is still waiting for a Microsoft store. With Microsoft's grasp of geography perhaps not much better than their computers.
According to their map Microsoft would have one of their stores in what appears Kaycee, Wyoming. While it is centrally located on I-25, still something of a small market with a population of 249 (2000 census), and not much else around for miles.Another report has this same store more centrally located a bit south off I-25, in Lone Tree, Colorado, which is a southern suburb of greater Denver.
Odds are Wyoming is still waiting for a Microsoft store. With Microsoft's grasp of geography perhaps not much better than their computers.
Another report has this same store more centrally located a bit south off I-25, in Lone Tree, Colorado, which is a southern suburb of greater Denver.
Odds are Wyoming is still waiting for a Microsoft store. With Microsoft's grasp of geography perhaps not much better than their computers.
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For more hilarity from the Microsoft’s World Partner Conference, read this great article by Bryan Chaffin. It begs the question: does Microsoft have any originality?
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I can see the display bars on the screens at the 'Answer Desk' now:
Next available agent in: 10 minutes.... 30 seconds... 4 years... 2 hours...
[bluescreen]
Talk about...
Talk about being late to the show...from my perspective, there is NOTHING new. A pretty complete copy of an apple store.
Instead of a genius bar it's an answer desk.
Everything else looks the same as an apple store, down to the colored T-Shirts.
I used to be a huge PC fan. Had to be as I was a programmer back in the 90's for big government.
I can't think how such an open system as Windows will succeed when it comes to their "answer bar" to me, too many variables can be the cause of what ever the problem may be.
This to me, is a huge gamble...Goes right you move 6 spaces forward, (but still behind)... Goes wrong, and you almost can't regain a lead.
Talk about being late to the show...from my perspective, there is NOTHING new. A pretty complete copy of an apple store.
Instead of a genius bar it's an answer desk.
Everything else looks the same as an apple store, down to the colored T-Shirts.
I used to be a huge PC fan. Had to be as I was a programmer back in the 90's for big government.
I can't think how such an open system as Windows will succeed when it comes to their "answer bar" to me, too many variables can be the cause of what ever the problem may be.
This to me, is a huge gamble...Goes right you move 6 spaces forward, (but still behind)... Goes wrong, and you almost can't regain a lead.
Yes. I have to be a massive troll to suggest that 2 rival stores that sell basically the same thing are going to look somewhat similar. I apologise for suggesting that Microsoft perhaps wanted a clean modern look for their store, but not cold and emotionless. I now concede that Apple invented the layout of displaying laptops on a table for customers.
I now admit that Microsoft set off with the intention of "Let's just copy Apple every step of the way, because we can't think of any original ideas and we're going out of business"
I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me.
It's a style that already existed before. Apple just chose to use it. They did not invent it, are you saying that no one else is now allowed to use this modern style now?
Yes they copied the coloured t-shirts and ID's. That's blatant. But damn near every store that sells electronics here in London that's expensive, has a damn near identical look. Like Samsung stores, Sony stores, gadget stores, Toshiba stores. LG stores.
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No. The Microsoft philosophy has always been "if you can't beat them, copy them."
OMFG! These BSOD jokes are hilarious! Zing!
...FAIL
Ive seen plenty of spinning color wheels of death as well. Me and Vista are no more folks. Lets move on.
...FAIL
Ive seen plenty of spinning color wheels of death as well. Me and Vista are no more folks. Lets move on.