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I used to love going to the Apple Store and playing with the new iPhones, iPads and Macbooks, especially soon after a new product launch. Maybe its just me gett

by llampx 8y ago

I used to love going to the Apple Store and playing with the new iPhones, iPads and Macbooks, especially soon after a new product launch. Maybe its just me getting older but it doesn't have the same appeal anymore.

xfitm3 8y ago
I avoid apple stores at all costs. It’s crowded, long lines, and always located in a busy area or dense shopping mall.
- yoz-y 8y ago
  I share your experience but I think that all of that shows that they are doing something right, having too many customers is hardly a bad problem to have.
  - ataturk 8y ago
    We visited Disney parks in Orlando over the holidays. Jammed to the gunwales with people. They definitely have a problem with being a victim of their own success. A major fall is coming. Apple is no longer run by techies and has thus lost all its real flavor. The Macbook 2015 era was the pinnacle and we're on the down slope for now. The new Mini that costs 899 to get in the door (any thousands for any reasonably decent config) was just a slap in our faces--a giant FU to Mac users on a budget. The Mini I speced out was over $4000. Sorry, Apple, you're fucking dreaming. The only this Macs have going for them now is that they aren't Windows-based. iOS is meh, always has been. There needs to be more players in the smartphone space, quite frankly.
bluedino 8y ago
The iPad Pro is worth going to play with in person. But the Mac lineup hasn't been in years. First it was the Air, "Wow, look how small this laptop is. And it's made of aluminum!" Then it became, "Wow! Look at the Retina display! It's amazing!" Now it's just like, "Why'd they take off the ports on this laptop? It's a weird brown color. And two of the keys don't work, already." To make it worse, everything is the same. You can't tell anything apart? Is this the Air? Wait, it's the old Pro? Which watch is this? Is this the XR or the XS? What's the difference?
dreamcompiler 8y ago
Same here. Everything in the Apple Store now seems designed to impress me rather than to help me get work done. Battery life gets shorter, keys and ports get removed, prices get higher. But boy do these things look amazing in the store!
shliachtx 8y ago
I found it interesting that the last time I was in the mall with a friend, we were both more fascinated with the Microsoft store than the Apple store. The Apple store was just bigger, faster, better phones and computers. The Microsoft store had new things. Virtual reality, Surface Hub, Surface Book, etc.
- jrnichols 8y ago
  Microsoft clearly took a page out of Apple's book for their stores, but I agree, their retail experience has been enjoyable. I miss the Windows Phone section, though. Microsoft is sitting on such an amazing ecosystem and it feels like they just don't know how to tie it all together sometimes.

by llampx 8y ago

xfitm3 8y ago

I avoid apple stores at all costs. It’s crowded, long lines, and always located in a busy area or dense shopping mall.

yoz-y 8y ago
I share your experience but I think that all of that shows that they are doing something right, having too many customers is hardly a bad problem to have.
- ataturk 8y ago
  We visited Disney parks in Orlando over the holidays. Jammed to the gunwales with people. They definitely have a problem with being a victim of their own success. A major fall is coming. Apple is no longer run by techies and has thus lost all its real flavor. The Macbook 2015 era was the pinnacle and we're on the down slope for now. The new Mini that costs 899 to get in the door (any thousands for any reasonably decent config) was just a slap in our faces--a giant FU to Mac users on a budget. The Mini I speced out was over $4000. Sorry, Apple, you're fucking dreaming. The only this Macs have going for them now is that they aren't Windows-based. iOS is meh, always has been. There needs to be more players in the smartphone space, quite frankly.

bluedino 8y ago

The iPad Pro is worth going to play with in person. But the Mac lineup hasn't been in years. First it was the Air, "Wow, look how small this laptop is. And it's made of aluminum!" Then it became, "Wow! Look at the Retina display! It's amazing!" Now it's just like, "Why'd they take off the ports on this laptop? It's a weird brown color. And two of the keys don't work, already." To make it worse, everything is the same. You can't tell anything apart? Is this the Air? Wait, it's the old Pro? Which watch is this? Is this the XR or the XS? What's the difference?

dreamcompiler 8y ago

Same here. Everything in the Apple Store now seems designed to impress me rather than to help me get work done. Battery life gets shorter, keys and ports get removed, prices get higher. But boy do these things look amazing in the store!

shliachtx 8y ago

I found it interesting that the last time I was in the mall with a friend, we were both more fascinated with the Microsoft store than the Apple store. The Apple store was just bigger, faster, better phones and computers. The Microsoft store had new things. Virtual reality, Surface Hub, Surface Book, etc.

jrnichols 8y ago
Microsoft clearly took a page out of Apple's book for their stores, but I agree, their retail experience has been enjoyable. I miss the Windows Phone section, though. Microsoft is sitting on such an amazing ecosystem and it feels like they just don't know how to tie it all together sometimes.