J-fer said:We are in dire need of one in Fresno! The nearest store is over 150 miles away, we have a metro population of 1 million +, and there are three universities in the area, including the new University of California Merced, and Fresno State University (student pop. 22,000). Its a mystery to me how such locations as Reno, Nevada and Omaha, Nebraska could get Apple stores before the Fresno market.
Both the places you mention have large regions they draw from and the Reno market has a large tourist base as well. Add to that both locations are stores in malls that Apple has a relationship with and I think you get a picture of why. Does need to make much sense to us, but I'm sure Apple has many factors, as evilgEEk mentions, in their decision making process. None of which negates the points you make. Fresno needs a store and likely will get one soon.