It was (is?) a really good way of letting you know you could hang around and play with the machines - at the time Computer City and similar places (which is wha

It was (is?) a really good way of letting you know you could hang around and play with the machines - at the time Computer City and similar places (which is what Apple was really trying to compensate for, many of them had few or no Macs at all) would heavily imply you should "buy or leave" if you stayed too long.