As far as I'm aware that's illegal here in Finland. Businesses like stores hire temp workers and have people work overtime (thou within legal limits) during the Christmas season.
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Multiple Simply Mac Stores Shutting Down Across the U.S.
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As far as I'm aware that's illegal here in Finland. Businesses like stores hire temp workers and have people work overtime (thou within legal limits) during the Christmas season.
My kids have a PS4. Haven't bought a physical game in over a year now. We download everything. Mostly because there is no way for them to lose the discs anymore.
Wrong. Internet speeds will be faster, storage will be cheaper. Physical media is at the end.
Apple started to destroy these smaller resellers when they let the likes of Best Buy, Target, Costco, Walmart, etc. start to sell their products. Apple used to have a restriction in place where resellers could not discount Apple product at all or they would run the risk of losing their license with Apple. Since Apple lifted that restriction, it all went down hill locally owned or smaller chain resellers. I was working at MacSuperstore in San Luis Obispo and the owner was forced to close his business down last month after operating for almost 20 years. Truly a sad sight to see not only for the employees but the customers as well. Our customers much preferred us to the Apple Store that we have in downtown.
I used to think this way. For gaming and movies I much prefer digital downloads. But, for music, you lay your hands off my vinyl lol.
It's not only about storage of the games on your device once you get them. It is more about the time /expense of downloading huge files over your internet connection.
Their days are numbered for sure. Not sure about 5 years, but limited for sure.
That said, I never heard of this store.
Simply Mac was Simply the worst computer place in a long while. The couple times I had to use them it was not good.
and honestly most of the time they would say "we can't do that (or we don't have that) you have to go to the Apple store for that" anyways.
and honestly most of the time they would say "we can't do that (or we don't have that) you have to go to the Apple store for that" anyways.
I use to live around a PeachMac (moved away before SimplyMac bought out the chain) and enjoyed the experience. I lived in a college town and this store was 10 minutes away vs the hour + drive to the big city.
Overall, they carried a wider variety of accessories than Apple Stores and had knowledgeable folks on the floor (my son being one for a few years). Never had the occasion to use their repair service but it seemed well used by the locals.
These stores are like the local book stores that have pretty much disappeared. Too much Internet and big box competition to stick around. It's a shame, really, because in the case of PeachMac, was a fun place to visit when the new stuff came out.
Overall, they carried a wider variety of accessories than Apple Stores and had knowledgeable folks on the floor (my son being one for a few years). Never had the occasion to use their repair service but it seemed well used by the locals.
These stores are like the local book stores that have pretty much disappeared. Too much Internet and big box competition to stick around. It's a shame, really, because in the case of PeachMac, was a fun place to visit when the new stuff came out.
I ended up with a Simply Mac gift card, and it appears my store, which is the only one near me by hundreds of miles, is on the closing list. Does anyone know if it's possible to cash out a gift card in this situation?
You mean optical drive?
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The problem with Apple is they obsolete things very quick. It's one thing to not be able to get the latest OS installed, fine. But at least support the OS for 5 years after it's release with security updates. Instead, it seems like it's always a rolling 2 OS version support only. That's like Microsoft abandoning Windows 8 and only supporting 8.1 and 10 when people are still on Windows 7, heck Windows XP too.
I'm all for innovation and moving forward, but rapid development is a huge hindrance as well.
The first thing I thought about this was:
Duh! Of course they're closing Mac stores down.
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That would suck. HARD.
And I find it unlikely. Games are too big, and gamers are impatient.
Disk load times are painful enough as it is, but to have to wait for a game to download on first play-through would piss any gamer off enough to raise hell.
Plus, I'd say the used-game (and hardware) market Gamestop has (somewhat) cornered is pretty vibrant.
I think maybe 5 years is too soon. We still have Vinyl, CDs and Blu-rays kicking around long after the DD revolution.
It'll happen when the internet bandwidth-vs-cost "revolution" happens.
Duh! Of course they're closing Mac stores down.
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That would suck. HARD.
And I find it unlikely. Games are too big, and gamers are impatient.
Disk load times are painful enough as it is, but to have to wait for a game to download on first play-through would piss any gamer off enough to raise hell.
Plus, I'd say the used-game (and hardware) market Gamestop has (somewhat) cornered is pretty vibrant.
I think maybe 5 years is too soon. We still have Vinyl, CDs and Blu-rays kicking around long after the DD revolution.
It'll happen when the internet bandwidth-vs-cost "revolution" happens.
MacOS Sierra is specced to operate on machines back to 2009 or 2010. OSX Yosemete is still supported for security updates and will operate on machines as old as 2007. That's a three-year-old OS, effectively supporting machines back as far as a decade.
You have to cut it off somewhere, and that doesn't seem all that unreasonable. Consumer demand pushes the the rate of development of hardware and software. You needn't look too far on this site to find evidence of that. So given that, it becomes a losing proposition to develop the cutting-edge stuff while also providing adequate legacy support for a distant trailing edge. The challenge of keeping those old machines and operating systems both functional and safe in a connected environment becomes increasingly difficult, as the other end of that connectivity becomes faster and more sophisticated while demanding the processing of larger and larger amounts of data. I would imagine it also becomes difficult keeping good software engineers on staff who would be happy spending all their time making digital duct tape in a remedial world while their peers get to innovate and create new things.
Yeah, that is identical to my experience. The larger supply of 3rd party things was a nice feature. Apple Stores really minimize on that sort of stuff. I also dread having to make the 1+ hour drive.
Not really sure if the one here in Charlottesville, VA is going to close.
Not really sure if the one here in Charlottesville, VA is going to close.
Two words:
Data caps.
[doublepost=1484938021][/doublepost]I've always had good experiences at the two Simply Mac stores I've been to. One is no longer around, because it was in a high-income, prime retail traffic area. Apple kicked them to the curb, put up an Apple store a block away.
I'm not surprised in the least these guys are having trouble. If you've ever been in the Bozeman store you understand very well why they're going out of business. Their store is cluttered and messy, almost nobody to help customers, very little on the shelves other than the machines. I stopped in the other day to buy a USB 3 to USB-C dongle and stood around for over twenty minutes, finally walked out and got what I needed at F11 Photo, another Bozeman Certified Apple Store but one that has help and vast number of accessories. During my twenty minutes of waiting a scorned the shelves for the adapter I needed but it wasn't there. Never did have anyone offers to help me. Frankly these guys give Apple a bad name.
The problem is many if not most people have caps on their internet. Even if it is a 500 GB or 1TB cap 100GB is a large part of that.
It's not uncommon for huge additions to be downloaded that are not on the disc; the Halo Master Chief collection weighs in at 62 GB. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare deluxe edition (with the Modern Warfare remaster) is 130 GB. It may not be commonplace *yet*, but it won't be long before 100 GB install sizes are the rule, not the exception. And that's before counting paid DLC.
I used simply Mac three times now, and I have been very pleased each and every time. The first time I bought a MacBook Pro, the second one was an iPad Pro and third was for an APPLE TV. Absolutely no complaints. For me it's sad that they pulled out.
This is blatantly false information. Apple themselves REFER customers to authorized repair centers (such as SimplyMac) for repairs. My wife needed her 6s battery replaced under the replacement program, and because our local Apple store is over 1 hour away, they recommend we set up an appointment at Simply Mac.