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London is special because there are a lot of Apple stores here (I count 7). That's more than many European countries have. The calculus of owning a Mac changes
by srssays 10y ago
London is special because there are a lot of Apple stores here (I count 7). That's more than many European countries have.
The calculus of owning a Mac changes drastically if you live near an Apple store. If my Mac has a problem, I can book an appointment at the Apple store, real person will try to fix it, and I can have it back ASAP. The customer service is half the price.
- dragonwriter 10y ago> London is special because there are a lot of Apple stores here (I count 7). That's more than many European countries have. Probably because London has more people than most European countries.
- erelde 10y agoWhaa ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_countries_by_population https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_countries_by_... Yep, it's almost true. London 8.5M. If you count all 50 "countries" (some are a joke though) it ranks between the 21st and 22nd. Though in my city (Paris 11M, I think), similarly sized, there's only 2 Apple stores.
- flurdy 10y agoIf you go by metropolitan area London(13M) and Paris(12M) would be 13th and 14th the country population list. Ref:[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_by_population https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_by_...]
- erelde 10y agoThe point isn't that though. Very similar cities have a very different number of Apple stores. Paris and London are 500km apart, a couple hours of train or plane away from each other, both capital cities, both have ~10¨7 people.
- OJFord 10y ago> "countries" (some are a joke though) Which? Vatican City is fairly extraordinary, granted, but I think 'a joke' is unfair...