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Abandoned Apple Store in Kuwait
- jackfrodo 10y agoWas this a knockoff store? Regardless, would have been pretty cool to see in its prime.
- Aloha 10y agoProbably a local reseller.
- curiouscat321 10y agoA lot of countries still don't have official Apple stores. Authorized Retailers (which are still a thing) make up for it.
- smegel 10y agoWow that really brings back some memories. I feel like I am at high-school again in the 90s.
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- jpeterman 10y agoThe photos appear to have been taken in January of 2005 From the photographer: "I passed by an old Apple Store today. I used to pass by this store back when I was still in highschool. I used to admire the macs they had on display and always beg my parents to buy me one.. which they never did. Surprisingly the store hasn't changed much. It was freaky checking out the place from the outside. It's as if the shop was stuck in its own time-zone. The shop seems to have been closed ages ago. A thick layer of dust sits on top of everything. What struck me the most though were the "Think Different" banners. They're gorgeous and seeing them in the store window gathering dust and being unappreciated pissed me off. The place felt like a graveyard. In a way it was, the rainbow logo, the beige machines, the old Think Different banners, the Garamond typeface, etc. That's the Apple that existed when I first started using Macs, and its all gone now. On a brighter note, I read that an Official Apple Store will be opening in March here in Kuwait. That should prove to be interesting. More pictures [here]" Source: http://www.miskan.com/2005_01_01_archive.html http://www.miskan.com/2005_01_01_archive.html From a commenter: "I used to work at this shop in 1995 or so. The shop didn't look any different when I used to work there. It's right across the road from the Meridien hotel, with lots of expensive designer shops in the ground floor and such."
- cbo100 10y ago> "I used to work at this shop in 1995 or so...." Dating the shelf stock via the "Video Fusion Version 1.5" seems to indicate it's from 1993. Of course I'm not sure how fast stock rotated through a reseller in Kuwait in the early 90s
- rasz_pl 10y agog4 quicksilver is from late 2001 http://www.unex-t.com/applestore/index-Pages/Image8.html http://www.unex-t.com/applestore/index-Pages/Image8.html
- madeofpalk 10y agoTo be fair, it's an abandoned reseller.
- Bud 10y agoSomeone should go in there and get those posters from the "Think Different" campaign. They're collector's items!
- aaron695 10y agoThere's probably a house down the road from you with similarly valuable stuff, no need to go to Kuwait! Hot tip - Art museum traditionally can't afford the security to value ratio of their goods. They are often orders of magnitude off. Check out smaller ones who have had significant donations from rich people due to their ties to where they grew up.
- cyberferret 10y agoWow, they still have the software boxes sitting on the shelves, still in shrinkwrap? That store is a veritable time capsule, no doubt filled with collectors items!
- devNoise 10y agoI'm pretty sure that one of the pictures has a PowerMac 7500 in it. http://www.unex-t.com/applestore/index-Pages/Image16.html http://www.unex-t.com/applestore/index-Pages/Image16.html I owned one and thought it was a great mac at the time. Bought it used from work. With the CPU boards I was able to upgrade it a couple times. Believe I put in a 603, dual 604e and finally a G3.
- ulfw 10y agoThat's not an Apple Store
- grzm 10y agoLook at those ports! Not a single USB-C in sight! http://www.unex-t.com/applestore/index-Pages/Image16.html http://www.unex-t.com/applestore/index-Pages/Image16.html
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