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Microsoft Signs Leases to Open Retail Stores in Arizona and California
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Like you care about MS making a bad decision. Please stop right there before it's too late.
I still don't understand the reasoning to drag discussions into who's the fanboy or hunt the astroturfer then.Is that what I said?
Strawmen fail. And you're trying to elicit an emotional response from me...or something.
Nope, I say bring on the Microsoft Stores. It will be an entertaining spectacle.
But to deny they're somehow not a carbon-copy clone of the Apple Stores (yes, even though other stores did pre-date the Apple Store *gasp*) is simply ignorant.
Enjoy your Microsoft Store shopping experience.
Oh right, I guess Microsoft will be giving jobs back to the 5,000 people they laid off this year, right? Yeah, thats what I thought.
Apple stuff (besides the iPod) wasn't for sale at my Best Buy stores until recently. Well after the Apple stores were created.
Because these forums are recently being wrecked by these folks (not talking about lex750 in this particular instance).
"Only brainwashed morons with an obsession with fellating Steve Jobs buy Apple crap." - MacRumors troll
*total pandemonium ensues*
I'm not sure how this is healthy - or even tolerable.
OK so MS copied the Apple Store. Now what? You life has been changed forever? What's the big deal? Defending a "Product Manufacturer" in such an emotional way needs some serous attention. Get yourself some help.
Why the astroturf comment then?
Outrageous comments are easy to spot. It's just when nearly everything else gets lumped in with it as well.
Here are my positives about Microsoft or as you would say being a fan:
1. The wide variety of hardware that it can run on.
2. The support is has as far as sw developers.
3. The familiarity I have with it (I know how to use & get things done, it works)
4. The flexibility of the OS that's not tied to hardware (I can buy the parts to fix the hardware if I need to, I don't have to depend on Apple to fix my pc)
5. It works well with my 360 (stream music, movies)
6. It runs iTune's & my ipod very well
I'm not sure I'm as obsessed with this particular topic as you are...
MS retail stores are going to create jobs for people who need them. So who cares if it's a bad idea or not. Can you at least see ONE positive thing in all of this?
You seem to think I'm outraged by the thought of Microsoft stores. I'm not. Amused perhaps. Hardly surprised. It's a classic play from the Microsoft playbook - find out what someone else is doing successfully and do that. To see their plans so clearly ape the Apple Stores just adds to the entertainment value.
Me, I couldn't care less that a Microsoft store appear in my local mall. I would be willing to wager that that store won't be there in 2012, however.
But that's just logic talking.
Competition is good for the consumer. Take the "Laptop Hunters" ads. Apple drops prices a bit on their hardware. Not a good thing? The MS retail stores will also bring on more competition and more price drops. That's good for you and me. Don't you think?
Of course competition is a good thing. That doesn't mean that Microsoft's stores are going to be successful or a good idea for Microsoft. Because I believe 1) they aren't, and 2) it isn't.
Only time will tell, of course. Let's talk about this again in a couple of years on the "Microsoft Closes Retail Stores" thread.
Of course competition is a good thing. That doesn't mean that Microsoft's stores are going to be successful or a good idea for Microsoft. Because I believe 1) they aren't, and 2) it is.
Only time will tell, of course. Let's talk about this again in a couple of years on the "Microsoft Closes Retail Stores" thread.
The MS retail stores will be successful in some way even if they are short lived. Just like the "Laptop Hunter" ads. MS has money to burn, do you really think they "need" retail stores? No. It will be very interesting to see Apple's response, and they will respond.
Maybe I'll see you in a few years at the "Apple Falls Of The High Horse"... thread...
Microsoft was for many years the richest and most powerful company in the world. Many people turn into fans of the richest and most powerful in the vain hope that some of this wealth and power rubs off onto them. Many people love Bill Gates because he is so rich. These people are fans of Bill Gates and think that they are themselves better than a fan of Steve Jobs because Bill Gates made more money (I think that Steve Jobs has achieved more in his life, but that's just me), and they could never understand how anyone could be a fan of Wozniak or Jon Ives.
I on the other hand think that lots of people had their money disappearing and end up in his pockets, and that is why Bill Gates is rich. So I would rather not be his fan and instead keep my money in my pocket.
The MS retail stores will be successful in some way even if they are short lived. Just like the "Laptop Hunter" ads. MS has money to burn, do you really think they "need" retail stores? No. It will be very interesting to see Apple's response, and they will respond.
Maybe I'll see you in a few years at the "Apple Falls Of The High Horse"... thread...
I think there is a need: No store that I can think of has a good demo of a windows pc, media center, xbox 360, media center extenders all working together in a home setting...
So you expect it to be a demo store that pimps Geek Squad style $100/hour in-home setup of this crap?
Please no geek squad!!!
No I was thinking more of a mock up of a living/family room & a office with those items already setup & working....
Why is your answer so irrelevant to his post? Another emotional response that makes no sense to me.
I kind of look at like this, No one cares more about Apple products more than Apple, this is why the Apple store is a success, they took the time & made the effort to have the best store for their product. And they did its a great store...
Same for Microsoft, they will show of their product better than anyone else...Better than Bestbuy or any other store that sells windows pc's...
Why is your answer so irrelevant to his post? Another emotional response that makes no sense to me.
Would you lay off already, why are you getting so worked up? Since you are so worked up its obvious we have all touched a nerve with you.
Off Topic:
Have you seen Steve Jobs. He does not look too good. Por guy.
http://www.tmz.com/2009/07/30/steve-jobs-apple-ceo-photo/
Have you seen Steve Jobs. He does not look too good. Por guy.
http://www.tmz.com/2009/07/30/steve-jobs-apple-ceo-photo/
He had cancer and a liver transplant. What do you expect?
Whats his excuse? Heck, just google his name to see a flattering set of pictures.
I just think this 15 page thread could be condensed to 4-5 pages of actual logical debate. One could only hope.