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No More Microsoft Stores, Thanks « The Joe Lake Blog The Joe Lake Blog — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 03:52:04 +0000

[...] so much like Apple Stores that they’ve been roundly mocked for their copycatting.) When I first heard of Microsoft Stores, I said that the notion of a Microsoft Store feels like that of a Procter and Gamble Store; I still [...]

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By: WaitingOnWindows

WaitingOnWindows — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 19:59:36 +0000

Would love to have a Microsoft store in the area so I could go yell at a real person when the piece o' crap doesn't work.

By: 1999 Microsoft Store vs. 2009 Microsoft Store | Technologizer

1999 Microsoft Store vs. 2009 Microsoft Store | Technologizer — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:03:17 +0000

[...] Nobody accused Micorosft of aping Apple with MicrosoftSF–because that first Redmondian storefront opened almost two years before the first Apple Store did, and closed a few months after the Apple Stores got rolling. I visited the store several times, but don’t remember it very well, which might be part of the problem; it didn’t have a lot of personality. (If anything, it was in the mode of Sony’s Sony Style stores–in fact, it was actually operated by Sony, not Microsoft.) We’ll see if the new effort takes off–I’m still trying to figure out whether the world really needs a store devoted to the disparate stuff that Microsoft sells. [...]

By: Microsoft Stores Won’t Fall Far from Apple’s Tree | Technologizer

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:23:46 +0000

[...] When Microsoft announced its intentions to open store, I wrote that selling software in retail stores should be about as successful as opening a video rental business in 2010 (and made a crack comparing its stores to Wasabi flavored ice cream). My colleague Harry McCracken believes that a Microsoft store makes as much sense as a Procter & Gamble store. [...]

By: freespaces

freespaces — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:03:35 +0000

Most of thier stuff is downloaded anyway from the internet but if they want to pay more for a storefront I’m sure they can afford to do so!

By: Harry McCracken

Harry McCracken — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:32:18 +0000

gp: When I lived in Boston, Micro Center was my computer store of choice. Not perfect, but a lot less imperfect than much of the competition. There’s one out here in the Bay Area in Sunnyvale, but it’s a tad far for me–I usually go to Fry’s.

–Harry