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I have been to an Apple store today (Downtown Toronto) after many years, as I live in a small town. The number of people in the store was much larger than many

I have been to an Apple store today (Downtown Toronto) after many years, as I live in a small town. The number of people in the store was much larger than many others in the mall, but I doubt that 95% of people there were actually making a purchase or planning what type of machine they want. Saw a guy watching soccer, another checking convocation dates, other checking horoscope. Apple stores are becoming the free internet cafe. It doesn't matter that no-one is buying, as long as they are using a Mac. And, sadly, I wasn't able to check exactly what I wanted to check, the resolution on a Macbook Air 13".

ugh 15y ago
Apple is raking in the money with those stores. $9 billion (of $65 billion) revenue in 2010, $2.4 billion (of $18 billion) profit. “One metric used to measure the financials of a retail store is sales per square foot, which is the average revenue generated for every square foot of sales space. This metric is used to gauge the efficiency of a retail operation; the higher the sales per square foot, the better. Jeweler Tiffany & Company's $2700 per square foot used to be considered the gold standard, but Apple has surpassed Tiffany, generating more than $4000 in sales per square foot. By comparison, Best Buy's sales per square foot is about $1000, and Walmart's is about $400.” (http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=572252E1-1A64-6A71-CE7880C06A55CD6C http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=572252E1-1A64-6A71-CE7880C0...) People are most certainly buying.
- elithrar 15y ago
  It's a bit closer to $5000/sqft these days: https://twitter.com/asymco/status/71216106173509633 https://twitter.com/asymco/status/71216106173509633
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- bioinformatics 15y ago
  I agree with that, there are no arguments against fact. In my case, maybe the time of day, the day of the week and the location were a factor. Of course is anecdotal, and maybe of the 200 people in the store, 100 were making purchases, but my experience wasn't the best one.
spicyj 15y ago
1440 x 900, if you were still looking for that. http://www.apple.com/macbookair/specs-13inch.html http://www.apple.com/macbookair/specs-13inch.html
- fuzzythinker 15y ago
  I'm sure he knows how to find that. Checking how the resolution feels like for him is probably what he meant.
  - bioinformatics 15y ago
    Yes, I haven't seen the new model in person, and I thought it would be a good idea to "feel" the resolution in comparison to my Macbook 13".
    - fuzzythinker 15y ago
      I'm waiting for the supposedly new Air rumored to be out June/July. One big factor for not getting the Pro 13 besides the weight is the low 1280 res of the Pro. Not sure why they didn't update the resolution on the Pro 13 when even the Air has 1440 since late last year.
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ugh 15y ago

Apple is raking in the money with those stores. $9 billion (of $65 billion) revenue in 2010, $2.4 billion (of $18 billion) profit. “One metric used to measure the financials of a retail store is sales per square foot, which is the average revenue generated for every square foot of sales space. This metric is used to gauge the efficiency of a retail operation; the higher the sales per square foot, the better. Jeweler Tiffany & Company's $2700 per square foot used to be considered the gold standard, but Apple has surpassed Tiffany, generating more than $4000 in sales per square foot. By comparison, Best Buy's sales per square foot is about $1000, and Walmart's is about $400.” (http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=572252E1-1A64-6A71-CE7880C06A55CD6C http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=572252E1-1A64-6A71-CE7880C0...) People are most certainly buying.

elithrar 15y ago
It's a bit closer to $5000/sqft these days: https://twitter.com/asymco/status/71216106173509633 https://twitter.com/asymco/status/71216106173509633
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bioinformatics 15y ago
I agree with that, there are no arguments against fact. In my case, maybe the time of day, the day of the week and the location were a factor. Of course is anecdotal, and maybe of the 200 people in the store, 100 were making purchases, but my experience wasn't the best one.

spicyj 15y ago

1440 x 900, if you were still looking for that. http://www.apple.com/macbookair/specs-13inch.html http://www.apple.com/macbookair/specs-13inch.html

fuzzythinker 15y ago
I'm sure he knows how to find that. Checking how the resolution feels like for him is probably what he meant.
- bioinformatics 15y ago
  Yes, I haven't seen the new model in person, and I thought it would be a good idea to "feel" the resolution in comparison to my Macbook 13".
  - fuzzythinker 15y ago
    I'm waiting for the supposedly new Air rumored to be out June/July. One big factor for not getting the Pro 13 besides the weight is the low 1280 res of the Pro. Not sure why they didn't update the resolution on the Pro 13 when even the Air has 1440 since late last year.

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