appleinsider.com — Leading U.S. electronics specialty retailer Best Buy said this week it plans to increase the number of stores carrying Apple Inc.'s Mac computer line twofold in the next several weeks, signaling robust demand for the Windows PC alternatives in the broader consumer market.
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macncidarJan 11, 2008
I was very disappointed with BB's Apple set-up. It was small and uninspiring.
vinnyJan 16, 2008
I was just at a Best Buy, had a gift card from Christmas. I went to the Mac section which had a very nice Apple wall and table with some systems set up. I then looked at the software selection. They had maybe 10 pieces of software, only 2 of which were games. When I asked an employee where all the Mac software was, he said "That's it." I asked why they didn't carry more games. If you are going to sell the systems, why not sell some software too? He proceeded to explain that "Macs don't really have any games," and suggested I get Pararells. I was like "WTF?" I walked down the PC game isles and almost every title was available on the Mac, they just didn't carry it. Why the hell carry the systems and not some software? I finally got fed up trying to talk some sense into this guy and asked for a manager, who basically agreed it was stupid, but said it was corporate that decided those things. There was more than enough room at the Apple display to stock games, so there is no rational reason for not carrying Mac titles, especially when there is an Apple store right around the corner and customer like me just leaves and goes there. My fear is that people who don't know better go in there and actually believe that Macs don't support any software, which if you have a Mac you know is total BS.