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Brave, but who's going to show up?
That MS dude from the Apple ads?

Those store will be gone in say 8 months.
Posted by: nizuse   Posted on: 07/15/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Brave, but who's going to show up?  nizuse | 07/15/09
The majority of people who do not  GuidingLight | 07/15/09
You have so many ...  n0neXn0ne | 07/15/09
My employer?  GuidingLight | 07/15/09
Same tactics Apple employees  trance2tec | 07/15/09
TRUE!  rjohn05 | 07/15/09
SATAN (Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks)?  B.O.F.H. | 07/15/09
And here I though he was doing his impersonation  John Zern | 07/16/09
In other words. MS Sheeple.  Bruizer | 07/15/09
Only sheeple when MS is the topic  davidhite | 07/16/09
what hypocrisy is that?  DeusExMachina | 07/16/09
why  gnesterenko | 07/16/09
Why  DeusExMachina | 07/16/09
Come now Deus  John Zern | 07/16/09
Auf Deutsch?  DeusExMachina | 07/16/09
Speaking of grammer checking...  Wolfie2K3 | 07/16/09
Sheeple?  BigTipper | 07/16/09
Hipocracy  Jkirk3279 | 07/17/09
Hmm...  richard.gardner@... | 07/20/09
RE: alot of things to showcase  JakAttak | 07/15/09
Good point, however you are wrong  trance2tec | 07/16/09
Your last statement is a misrepresentation itself.  vulpine@... | 07/16/09
That sounds like the service I get with my dell  MissingMatter | 07/16/09
My experience with Dell  vulpine@... | 07/16/09
SAme  BigTipper | 07/16/09
Yep  davidhite | 07/16/09
RE: Dell?  JakAttak | 07/16/09
Dell offers on site service for conusmers too.  MissingMatter | 07/16/09
I'd bloody well expect better service from Apple.  BigTipper | 07/16/09
RE: Speaking of wrong...  JakAttak | 07/16/09
One thing you left out, JakAttak...  vulpine@... | 07/16/09
always crowded  blacksheepxlch | 07/16/09
I love the way you make assumptions...  vulpine@... | 07/16/09
PC Repair  joepranay | 07/16/09
" When my iPod broke ..."  vulpine@... | 07/16/09
Re: "When my iPod broke..."  joshandrebekah | 07/16/09
iPods sometimes fail.  gypkap@... | 07/16/09
Not saying they don't...  vulpine@... | 07/16/09
Gee, guess it sucks to be you.... happy  eldernorm | 07/24/09
A response  gnesterenko | 07/16/09
Apple stores do offer support, good and bad  gypkap@... | 07/16/09
What you describe...  Captiosus | 07/16/09
A great idea!  Colfax_Mac | 07/16/09
Weeeeeed  Graham Ellison | 07/18/09
I seriously doubt it...  moviedemon | 07/16/09
Have issues, will rant  frabjous | 07/17/09
Very funny  Graham Ellison | 07/16/09
ER, have you ever purchased an MS product??  eldernorm | 07/24/09
The iStore Killer  robertmro | 07/15/09
Microsoft imitates Apple ...  SunnyGuy53 | 07/15/09
Rapidly changing?  Raid6 | 07/16/09
How can you say...?  vulpine@... | 07/16/09
Gartner says upd IDC says down  MissingMatter | 07/16/09
Okay, I cannot prove it but...  Raid6 | 07/16/09
Apple Slips  BigTipper | 07/16/09
@raid6  vulpine@... | 07/16/09
@BigTipper...  vulpine@... | 07/17/09
whatever...  BigTipper | 07/17/09
Both can be true,,,  BigTipper | 07/17/09
No iStore Killer  Baer | 07/16/09
The "Real World" is changing right under your nose.  vulpine@... | 07/16/09
What Planet is your "Real World" on?  RobbCab | 07/16/09
The same as yours.  vulpine@... | 07/16/09
More and more  MissingMatter | 07/16/09
Ok, I'll say logarithmic, instead.  vulpine@... | 07/16/09
Are you sure it would be better advice?  vulpine@... | 07/16/09
Every Giant Falls, Eventually  robertmro | 07/16/09
True...  BigTipper | 07/17/09
So...  Jkirk3279 | 07/16/09
Windows Home Server in action?!  roaming | 07/15/09
Nonsense  trance2tec | 07/16/09
I will ...  djivan@... | 07/16/09
Many people will!  blacksheepxlch | 07/16/09
Thanks thanks...  nizuse | 07/16/09
Maybe, maybe not! (nt)  mwagner@... | 07/17/09
I am confused  davebarnes | 07/15/09
Actually...  TylerM89 | 07/15/09
But you won't be able to actually buy anything  frgough | 07/15/09
Says who?  MissingMatter | 07/15/09
Says the article.  frgough | 07/15/09
Again, nothing said so far precludes actual sales  MissingMatter | 07/15/09
Keyboards and mice?  davebarnes | 07/15/09
Good grief  TylerM89 | 07/15/09
Microsoft makes hardware. REALLY?  AdventTech67 | 07/15/09
Don't play dumb...  joepranay | 07/16/09
RE: Hardware  JakAttak | 07/16/09
Well, snarky boy  gypkap@... | 07/16/09
Mice and Keyboards  Northlite | 07/15/09
I Don't Know  DannyO_0x98 | 07/15/09
All of which I can already do...  Captiosus | 07/16/09
So?  Graham Ellison | 07/16/09
top-of-the-line computers?  a.barry@... | 07/16/09
There is a lot to be said for being able to ...  mwagner@... | 07/17/09
Still ...  mwagner@... | 07/17/09
Product showcase  rjohn05 | 07/15/09
Oh really  Graham Ellison | 07/16/09
Actually there might be a product line which jumps off the shelf  a.barry@... | 07/16/09
Bad Idea  Alan Smithie | 07/15/09
So, it's going to be like the ShamWOW guy in every mall  luch3 | 07/15/09
MS is going to run Vince through the redmond coppiers???  i8thecat | 07/15/09
Huh?  compudog | 07/15/09
Heh!  vulpine@... | 07/16/09
Don't expect to get the joke if you've never seen the commercial.  i8thecat | 07/16/09
Rhett and Link should do this guys spoof  kebija | 07/16/09
Business model....big 3D billboard? Navajo writ large?  UGottaBKidding | 07/15/09
And to cover operations?  Alber1690 | 07/15/09
Good Idea  djmik | 07/15/09
Wow!!! Just like an Apple store.  i8thecat | 07/15/09
Wow! Just like a fanboy!  compudog | 07/15/09
But didn't you know...  athynz | 07/15/09
Wouldn't that mean...  Captiosus | 07/16/09
Ya know  athynz | 07/17/09
Wow! Just like a retard!  i8thecat | 07/16/09
Right back at ya...  BigTipper | 07/17/09
Wow... competing with Apple on their turf is nuts...  TheWerewolf | 07/15/09
Campuses are not such a good spot  frgough | 07/15/09
Apple is already at most Universities.  i8thecat | 07/15/09
Competing with Apple  compudog | 07/15/09
It's called FEAR  Budman o Riverside | 07/15/09
FEAR  robertmro | 07/15/09
Good idea?  EarFix | 07/16/09
You're asking for too much  tikigawd | 07/16/09
You really believe that. A pity.  vulpine@... | 07/16/09
Epic Fail  DeusExMachina | 07/16/09
Because it doesn't take a genius...  Captiosus | 07/16/09
Just Basic Retail Strategy  baileysc | 07/16/09
Monopoly Money  His_Shadow | 07/16/09
This is a good point ...  mwagner@... | 07/17/09
innovating  elllroy | 07/15/09
It will be in all likelihood a flat out copy...  xXSpeedzXx | 07/15/09
You couldn't be more wrong  trance2tec | 07/15/09
Every Apple Store I've been in has been packed  GoPower | 07/15/09
of course I have  trance2tec | 07/15/09
Where's the data to back up your post?  Arm A. Geddon | 07/15/09
Have you ever even been in an Apple Store?  Bruizer | 07/15/09
Packed due to not enough support!  jgwinner | 07/16/09
Apple Store vs Apple dealer  psion@... | 07/16/09
Obviously he's not in business to make money  vulpine@... | 07/16/09
ahahahahahahahahahahahahahah  PatKelly | 07/15/09
Boy, you really are ignorant aren't you?  baileysc | 07/16/09
You are not to smart either.  Bruizer | 07/16/09
There are other wrong things...  Metronome49 | 07/16/09
re: You couldn't be more wrong  n0neXn0ne | 07/15/09
I hate Chrome  trance2tec | 07/16/09
The MS Home Of The Future  robertmro | 07/15/09
Yeah it is cool  trance2tec | 07/16/09
ROTFLMAO!!!!  i8thecat | 07/16/09
Maybe you don't know what a store is...  Metronome49 | 07/16/09
Making things up.  trance2tec | 07/16/09
WHAT devices?!?  Captiosus | 07/16/09
Sounds like a museum  neivomonid | 07/15/09
Microsoft is admitting it is an institution of the past...  neivomonid | 07/15/09
What does success mean?  HooNoze | 07/15/09
re: What does success mean?  n0neXn0ne | 07/15/09
Now THAT'S a roll of the dice  Michael Kelly | 07/15/09
hmm  Badgered | 07/15/09
Unlikely the stores will fail  trance2tec | 07/15/09
Ok  rdawson@... | 07/16/09
Microsoft needs to quit obsessing over Apple  frgough | 07/15/09
... and home  trance2tec | 07/15/09
MS is getting it's lunch eaten in the home market  frgough | 07/15/09
They outsell everyone else in the home market  trance2tec | 07/16/09
Technology  DeusExMachina | 07/16/09
Surface Technology  MissingMatter | 07/16/09
Blinded by the Second Light  DeusExMachina | 07/17/09
You said myriads.  AdventTech67 | 07/15/09
It's 10,000, but people use it to mean "a great many."  MissingMatter | 07/16/09
It's called a strawman  trance2tec | 07/16/09
Um, no it's not  DeusExMachina | 07/16/09
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight...  Captiosus | 07/16/09
These will blow away Apple's lame stores.  trance2tec | 07/15/09
Zzzzzz!!  GoPower | 07/15/09
... yeah just like  trance2tec | 07/15/09
So who has Surface??? Come on... Raise your hands???  i8thecat | 07/15/09
I have a surface  MissingMatter | 07/15/09
MissingMatter you are a Liar...  i8thecat | 07/16/09
I didn't say they come with it  MissingMatter | 07/16/09
I hate to say it, MM...  vulpine@... | 07/16/09
Now you're just being willfully ignorant and a troll  MissingMatter | 07/16/09
Willfully? No. But then, you hardly provided enough evidence.  vulpine@... | 07/17/09
???????????????????????????  Budman o Riverside | 07/15/09
Seriously, your fanboyism is showing...  Captiosus | 07/16/09
Stores  Jkirk3279 | 07/17/09
Be fair to NZ....even he isn't as breathlessly pro-anything MS as this kid  UGottaBKidding | 07/15/09
And besides  athynz | 07/15/09
oh please  trance2tec | 07/16/09
Please what? Excuse your gaffes?  vulpine@... | 07/16/09
Sure I get excited about the iPhone  athynz | 07/17/09
Surface?  athynz | 07/15/09
The surface isn't to buy  MissingMatter | 07/15/09
Kinda like a Mac then?  sparkyandrew | 07/16/09
The difference.. Anyone can buy a Mac and should.  i8thecat | 07/16/09
Laughable  MissingMatter | 07/16/09
In a land called reality...  i8thecat | 07/17/09
It doesn't hurt that the Mini uses...  vulpine@... | 07/17/09
Ballmer & his one clown circus act.  AdventTech67 | 07/15/09
Wanna bet?  DeusExMachina | 07/16/09
MS has millions invested in Apple stock  jpennie | 07/16/09
You seem to have a poor grasp of history.  vulpine@... | 07/16/09
Faulty memory, revisionist history  DeusExMachina | 07/16/09
Seriously...  Jkirk3279 | 07/16/09
RE: Microsoft to open retail stores near Apple's this fall  Richard Platt | 07/15/09
What a great day for retail...  Mike Cox | 07/15/09
Dell??????  Economister | 07/15/09
Mike your posts are the best!  CowLauncher | 07/15/09
The Real Thing! Unlike loverock yawn posts...  nizuse | 07/15/09
Yawn...  Metronome49 | 07/16/09
To build their consumer brand? LOL  BillDem | 07/15/09
You need new material  Northlite | 07/15/09
One does wonder...  zkiwi | 07/15/09
Of course it's a slap in the face for them.  nizuse | 07/15/09
You can't coin that until Zunes actually die (nt)  MissingMatter | 07/16/09
Of course Zune has died already.  nizuse | 07/16/09
Why?  MissingMatter | 07/16/09
If it doesn't look like this...  rjohn05 | 07/15/09
RE: Microsoft to open retail stores near Apple's this fall  pjtmgt@... | 07/15/09
The Edsel of retailing?  Ken_z | 07/15/09
Guess it's time to post this link again.  Arm A. Geddon | 07/15/09
My geekdom just went through the roof!  NStalnecker | 07/15/09
Yeah. But guess who your coworker would be. Loverock!  nizuse | 07/15/09
Where have we heard this before  Richard Flude | 07/15/09
At least Linux can't open a store!!  HypnoToad72 | 07/15/09
RE: Microsoft to open retail stores near Apple's this fall  donaldrh | 07/15/09
RE: Microsoft to open retail stores near Apple's this fall  compudog | 07/15/09
RE: Microsoft to open retail stores near Apple's this fall  btek@... | 07/15/09
RE: Microsoft to open retail stores near Apple's this fall  btek@... | 07/15/09
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RE: Microsoft to open retail stores near Apple's this fall  BingSoftie | 07/15/09
"Me Too" strategy  EarFix | 07/16/09
RE: Microsoft to open retail stores near Apple's this fall  Budman o Riverside | 07/15/09
The Missing Post Here: Loverock...  nizuse | 07/15/09
Loverock?  EarFix | 07/16/09
Interesting Concept, but it's no Church  vanax | 07/15/09
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Reinventing the Wheel, just to run yourself over  sparkyandrew | 07/16/09
A single new idea  ∞Dilemma | 07/16/09
Good on them  kaninelupus | 07/16/09
I Love This Blog!  robertmro | 07/16/09
McDonald's New Strategy  His_Shadow | 07/16/09
RE: Microsoft to open retail stores near Apple's this fall  flowton | 07/16/09
RE: Microsoft to open retail stores near Apple's this fall  flowton | 07/16/09
the MS store will be full of vacuum cleaners that dont suck  educateme@... | 07/16/09
Apple stores: sexy young people. MS store: sweat stained old bald dudes.  HollywoodDog | 07/16/09
And you are Applefanboi #?????  Baer | 07/16/09
Truth Hurts  His_Shadow | 07/16/09
Apple Store: Rich Smarmy Eliteists. M$ Store: 80%+ of Everyone else.  invmgr@... | 07/16/09
More like a shot across the bow of Best Buy than Apple  gschultz | 07/16/09
Apple is not the target  mcaraballo@... | 07/16/09
Yet another place to not buy a Zune?  spstanley | 07/16/09
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!  recombinant | 07/16/09
I find the concept to be rather intriguing  vulpine@... | 07/16/09
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Why is this so laughable?  Raid6 | 07/16/09
Wrong... according to MS.... they are not going to be helpful.  i8thecat | 07/16/09
It is to be a retail store isn't it?  Raid6 | 07/16/09
Simple Fact  His_Shadow | 07/16/09
Dude, get a clue!  Raid6 | 07/17/09
The headline should read...  3monkies | 07/16/09
Innovation? FUD that!  Li1t | 07/16/09
Not unlike Apple...  BigTipper | 07/17/09
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A lesson in marketing  Graham Ellison | 07/16/09
I agree...  moviedemon | 07/16/09
Okay...  Graham Ellison | 07/16/09
Microsoft Store  Eleutherios | 07/17/09
No, sorry, doesn't work  Graham Ellison | 07/18/09
My Ubuntu Store is Open 24 Hours a day.  psion@... | 07/16/09
OMG!  moviedemon | 07/16/09
Errr  Gis Bun | 07/19/09
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Competition with whom, however?  Captiosus | 07/16/09
RE: Microsoft to open retail stores near Apple's this fall  Kevin McCormick | 07/16/09
If you can't innovate: chase  Kevin McCormick | 07/16/09
do both and win  BigTipper | 07/16/09
I agree, but..  Kevin McCormick | 07/17/09
Nice!  BigTipper | 07/17/09
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It's obvious that you're missing out.  vulpine@... | 07/17/09
RE: Microsoft to open retail stores near Apple's this fall  phatkat | 07/16/09
Maybe MS is planning on making PCs...  i8thecat | 07/17/09
RE: Microsoft to open retail stores near Apple's this fall  Ben Pasmore | 07/16/09
RE: Microsoft to open retail stores near Apple's this fall  richafoster | 07/16/09
RE: Microsoft to open retail stores near Apple's this fall  vhender@... | 07/16/09
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THANK GOD!  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 07/16/09
Good news for Apple, more switchers  rhon@... | 07/17/09
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There is no reasont to "hate" Vista  mwagner@... | 07/17/09
Hate?! No, too strong a word  mdsock@... | 07/17/09
From a visibility standpoint ...  mwagner@... | 07/17/09
Alternative  Eleutherios | 07/17/09
Microsoft retail stores  trm1945 | 07/17/09
Article on MacWorld.com  BigTipper | 07/17/09
Maybe if they quit SCREWING us, they wouldn't have to  guiri | 07/17/09
Try facts, dude...  BigTipper | 07/17/09
Microsoft Store  vulpine@... | 07/17/09
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lessons learned  richard.gardner@... | 07/20/09
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