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@ Mambo, you comment would be funny, and would make sense it the doors weren't automatic.& @ kevinmotel, Grafton Street would be perfect!! Really though, they need a few stores spread around the counrty. Dublin, Cork and where I live Waterford.
It is really quite a scene in that store. There are at least a hundred (probably more) Macbooks, Macbook Pros, iMacs, Mac Pros, etc., lined up on tables solely for people to walk in and use. They are all connected to the internet, so they get a lot of walk-in traffic from people who happen to be (A) near 59th & 5th and (B) of an age to want to check their email. This turns out, not surprisingly if you know New York, to be a lot of the Young, Rich, and Beautiful. The place is packed out all day long; you can barely walk around sometimes. Friday nights they even have DJs spinning at midnight.It remains to be seen how long it will last, but the Prince St store is still drawing in a solid crowd of severe black eyeglasses, which I think was the intended target market.
You're probably not far off - most people go in there to check their email/browse and waste time...when I walked out with an 17" iMac most customers in and out of the store were staring at me like I was doing something forbidden by actually buying something...LOL
I agree with Ireland too, I live in Dublin and although there are a number of authorised resellers, its just not the same! I go to UCD, the biggest university in the country, and every second person has an iPod, and the amount of macs that I see students carrying around with them is ever increasing. I really dont see why Apple don't invest more money in the rest of the world.
randomguysteveSep 11, 2006
You like Apples?Well How do you like DEMM Apples?Digg is an Apple Site. Stop complaining and start trolling. Laugh at them. Its easy.
sanmarcosSep 11, 2006
There is an Apple Store in Argentina.
irelandSep 11, 2006
@ Mambo, you comment would be funny, and would make sense it the doors weren't automatic.& @ kevinmotel, Grafton Street would be perfect!! Really though, they need a few stores spread around the counrty. Dublin, Cork and where I live Waterford.
rajulkabirSep 11, 2006
It is really quite a scene in that store. There are at least a hundred (probably more) Macbooks, Macbook Pros, iMacs, Mac Pros, etc., lined up on tables solely for people to walk in and use. They are all connected to the internet, so they get a lot of walk-in traffic from people who happen to be (A) near 59th & 5th and (B) of an age to want to check their email. This turns out, not surprisingly if you know New York, to be a lot of the Young, Rich, and Beautiful. The place is packed out all day long; you can barely walk around sometimes. Friday nights they even have DJs spinning at midnight.It remains to be seen how long it will last, but the Prince St store is still drawing in a solid crowd of severe black eyeglasses, which I think was the intended target market.
mobilehavocSep 11, 2006
You're probably not far off - most people go in there to check their email/browse and waste time...when I walked out with an 17" iMac most customers in and out of the store were staring at me like I was doing something forbidden by actually buying something...LOL
joe18Sep 11, 2006
@ macmaniac23stop showing off!!
zippoSep 11, 2006
Both of you get a time out. Now go sit in a corner.
ridgelawrenceSep 14, 2006
I see MacManiac in basically all apple topics, and he can never make a logical sentence. How old is he?
aoifecmccSep 15, 2006
I agree with Ireland too, I live in Dublin and although there are a number of authorised resellers, its just not the same! I go to UCD, the biggest university in the country, and every second person has an iPod, and the amount of macs that I see students carrying around with them is ever increasing. I really dont see why Apple don't invest more money in the rest of the world.