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While I am not surprised, I am disappointed by this. Only because of the state of tech stores in Boston, if I needed something that wasn't Apple (gaming mostly

While I am not surprised, I am disappointed by this. Only because of the state of tech stores in Boston, if I needed something that wasn't Apple (gaming mostly) they were the only other tech store I could reasonably walk or take the train too. Microcenter isn't super close to a train station.

mc32 6y ago
Congregating near Apple stores helped too. If the Apple stores were too busy I’d swing by the MS store. They actually had good product and presented them well. I also liked that their staff seemed more like regular kids rather than “cool” kids, but maybe it’s a misreading.
- nerdjon 6y ago
  I think your right, the Microsoft stores... they always just kinda felt like they had to try harder. Where the Apple stores they kinda took being Apple for granted. I can't exactly blame them. The Microsoft Store in Boston would regularly hold Halo tournaments and similar events later in the day. However I am torn on being so near Apple Stores. I feel like it caused them to choose worse locations. In Boston, Apple has their 3 story street level location, while Microsoft was across the street but hidden in a mall. I can't think of an event where I needed to go to the Apple store and would have been able to go to Microsoft Store instead.
sushshshsh 6y ago
I always remembered walking along the Charles, really far west of the Mass Ave bridge and asking myself "why is there a Microcenter here?"
- sylens 6y ago
  Same, it's a huge hike from the center of Boston
- MivLives 6y ago
  It is right next to Harvard and pretty close to MIT. There's a bunch of other larger stores in the area. Beats the one closest to Philly, which was a decent drive out of town.
  - sushshshsh 6y ago
    I guess I should be happy that there was a microcenter within walking distance of those schools, but if you live on the other side of the Charles like me and the other commenter, you will experience many a frosty 20 minute walk across that cursed bridge to get from the Green line to the Red line :)
  - quicklyfrozen 6y ago
    It's also reasonably accessible to suburbanites and has parking.
  - josuepeq 6y ago
    Sigh. With this news, I wish (the other) Bay Area had a Micro Center. The closest one is in SoCal . Fry’s is either always going out of business (Palo Alto) or always out of stock of whatever I need. Now with Microsoft gone, that leaves us Best Buy, Central Computer, Fry’s, the internet, and Apple.
matthewaveryusa 6y ago
The microcenter in Cambridge is borderline distance from the T -- take the T to central, and then blue bike for 10 minutes -- there's a bluebike dock right in front of the place.
- nerdjon 6y ago
  I mean yeah its possible, I also live in Back Bay (and in reality I would walk in a nice day to Microcenter anyways) so its hard to argue with a 10 minute walk to Apple or Microsoft if I need a last minute keyboard, controller, or something else. More, I am just sad to be loosing one of the already very few tech stores we have in Boston.
smabie 6y ago
I always hated the trek to Microcenter in Boston. Made that walk countless times. Though, I guess now I look back on it fondly.

mc32 6y ago

Congregating near Apple stores helped too. If the Apple stores were too busy I’d swing by the MS store. They actually had good product and presented them well. I also liked that their staff seemed more like regular kids rather than “cool” kids, but maybe it’s a misreading.

nerdjon 6y ago
I think your right, the Microsoft stores... they always just kinda felt like they had to try harder. Where the Apple stores they kinda took being Apple for granted. I can't exactly blame them. The Microsoft Store in Boston would regularly hold Halo tournaments and similar events later in the day. However I am torn on being so near Apple Stores. I feel like it caused them to choose worse locations. In Boston, Apple has their 3 story street level location, while Microsoft was across the street but hidden in a mall. I can't think of an event where I needed to go to the Apple store and would have been able to go to Microsoft Store instead.

sushshshsh 6y ago

I always remembered walking along the Charles, really far west of the Mass Ave bridge and asking myself "why is there a Microcenter here?"

sylens 6y ago
Same, it's a huge hike from the center of Boston
MivLives 6y ago
It is right next to Harvard and pretty close to MIT. There's a bunch of other larger stores in the area. Beats the one closest to Philly, which was a decent drive out of town.
- sushshshsh 6y ago
  I guess I should be happy that there was a microcenter within walking distance of those schools, but if you live on the other side of the Charles like me and the other commenter, you will experience many a frosty 20 minute walk across that cursed bridge to get from the Green line to the Red line :)
- quicklyfrozen 6y ago
  It's also reasonably accessible to suburbanites and has parking.
- josuepeq 6y ago
  Sigh. With this news, I wish (the other) Bay Area had a Micro Center. The closest one is in SoCal . Fry’s is either always going out of business (Palo Alto) or always out of stock of whatever I need. Now with Microsoft gone, that leaves us Best Buy, Central Computer, Fry’s, the internet, and Apple.

matthewaveryusa 6y ago

The microcenter in Cambridge is borderline distance from the T -- take the T to central, and then blue bike for 10 minutes -- there's a bluebike dock right in front of the place.

nerdjon 6y ago
I mean yeah its possible, I also live in Back Bay (and in reality I would walk in a nice day to Microcenter anyways) so its hard to argue with a 10 minute walk to Apple or Microsoft if I need a last minute keyboard, controller, or something else. More, I am just sad to be loosing one of the already very few tech stores we have in Boston.

smabie 6y ago

I always hated the trek to Microcenter in Boston. Made that walk countless times. Though, I guess now I look back on it fondly.