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I've got one worse. I went to the Apple Store in Bellevue today. Then I went to the Microsoft store. A bunch of either awful disgusting looking, heavy laptops i

I've got one worse. I went to the Apple Store in Bellevue today. Then I went to the Microsoft store. A bunch of either awful disgusting looking, heavy laptops including one with, I kid you not, a backlit "Turbo" button, or a few Ultrabooks that were nice, but no match for even an only slightly more expensive Air. (Save for the Asus Zenbook which I can't wait to see this years' model of). Then, I saw an employee carrying around two very nice looking Ultrabooks (The new Samsung Series 9 and XPS 13 [both of which, incidentally are very hard to find on the manufacturers websites]). They were not out for display anyway. I played with them a bit and then incredulously asked "Uh, why don't you have these out, they're slick." The reply was "We just got those in yesterday or the day before". That is something I can't imagine happening in an Apple store.

guynamedloren 14y ago
> The reply was "We just got those in yesterday or the day before". That is something I can't imagine happening in an Apple store. Because the apple store only gets new machines once a year... so thats a bit of a loaded remark.
- iuguy 14y ago
  I went into the apple store in Basingstoke, UK the morning after the keynote. They had a Retina MBP out (only one, it is Basingstoke after all, and not for sale) for people to play with. They were taking orders for pickup in the next week or two.
- i386 14y ago
  Why make apologies for crappy retail management?
- ajanuary 14y ago
  Indeed. New Apple releases are events, and staff are paid to be able to get everything ready in time. It's not really feasible to do that every time some partner releases a new laptop that's not had any hype or media attention and no-one is going to be coming in the next day demanding to see it. It's a luxury Apple have that other business models can't really afford to emulate.

guynamedloren 14y ago

> The reply was "We just got those in yesterday or the day before". That is something I can't imagine happening in an Apple store. Because the apple store only gets new machines once a year... so thats a bit of a loaded remark.

iuguy 14y ago
I went into the apple store in Basingstoke, UK the morning after the keynote. They had a Retina MBP out (only one, it is Basingstoke after all, and not for sale) for people to play with. They were taking orders for pickup in the next week or two.
i386 14y ago
Why make apologies for crappy retail management?
ajanuary 14y ago
Indeed. New Apple releases are events, and staff are paid to be able to get everything ready in time. It's not really feasible to do that every time some partner releases a new laptop that's not had any hype or media attention and no-one is going to be coming in the next day demanding to see it. It's a luxury Apple have that other business models can't really afford to emulate.