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Apple Retail Stores Revamp for Holidays
Associated Press via MyWay.com ^ | November 24, 2007 | May Wong

Posted on 11/24/2007 3:29:27 PM PST by RayChuang88

LOS GATOS, Calif. (AP) - Not a cash register is in sight. The electronics on display are all powered up and ready for use. Personal trainers, specialists and newly minted concierges in aqua blue shirts make the Apple Store feel part salon, part Internet cafe - just without the espresso.

Over the past year, Apple Inc. (AAPL) has revamped its 201 stores, changing the layout, adding services and increasing its staffing. The "concierge" service that Apple launched last week is only the latest initiative designed to draw more visitors and bolster already record-breaking sales.

"Apple indeed does things differently from the rest of the retail gang," said Kurt Barnard, president of the Barnard Retail Consulting Group.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.myway.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: apple; applestore; mac; retail; toto; wonderfulwizardofmac
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To: SamAdams76

Funny story. How much of it was true? lol


41 posted on 11/24/2007 5:12:41 PM PST by Blue Highway
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To: tips up

How much of a discount? How about a Mac mini for under $200?


42 posted on 11/24/2007 5:15:49 PM PST by Blue Highway
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To: coconutt2000

Here are some of our questions...

1) Do you recommend staying with the Apple software that opens .pdfs or getting the Adobe .pdf software for macs?

2) I am a huge snagger of graphics off the Internet (for family newsletters, school projects, etc. Can I do this safely on the imac?

3) Are there any genealogy folks here who use macs? Does the free LDS Personal Ancestral File software work on an imac? How do you transfer data from the Windows version to one on a mac?

Thank you much :)


43 posted on 11/24/2007 5:17:29 PM PST by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (****************************Stop Continental Drift**)
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To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL

Re: iMac questions

What questions do you have? I maintain the Mac Ping List on FR.


44 posted on 11/24/2007 5:26:17 PM PST by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE)
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To: Swordmaker

Please see #43. I figure I’d start with those.

And hey...thanks :)


45 posted on 11/24/2007 5:28:05 PM PST by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (****************************Stop Continental Drift**)
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To: Swordmaker

he just stated the questions the post before you replied. Ironic.


46 posted on 11/24/2007 5:29:36 PM PST by Blue Highway
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To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL

Re: questions

#1: PDFs: the Mac uses Display PDF to draw all of the screens. Therefore PDF file format is natively supported on the Mac. Anything you can print can also be saved as a PDF file from the print menu. PDFs open in either Safari or in Preview and display perfectly.

#2: Graphics. Yes. You simply drag and drop any graphic you see on the Internet to your desk top or to another application. You can do the same with almost any file type.

#3: LDS Geneology software. I don’t know. However you could install Parallels and run it under Windows if it doesn’t. I will try to find out for you.


47 posted on 11/24/2007 5:41:06 PM PST by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE)
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To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL

You are welcome.


48 posted on 11/24/2007 5:42:40 PM PST by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE)
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To: Blue Highway

Re: ironic.

No I’m just good.


49 posted on 11/24/2007 5:44:22 PM PST by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE)
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To: Swordmaker

What is Parallels?

And back to the .pdf software. Yes, the Apple helper-guy told us that the imac came with software which would open those files. My husband wanted to know if he could also edit documents as he now can with his Adobe suite. The Apple worker-guy didn’t seem to know.


50 posted on 11/24/2007 5:54:48 PM PST by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (****************************Stop Continental Drift**)
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To: Swordmaker

On Mac genealogy, Reunion is decent software for researching and building your family tree. I use it along with Ancestry.com and JewishGen.


51 posted on 11/24/2007 6:01:00 PM PST by drubyfive
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To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL

You can create pdfs from many other applications, such as Word and graphics programs. Adobe’s Acrobat Professional is its suite for PDF publishing. It’s available on the Mac for $160.


52 posted on 11/24/2007 6:14:30 PM PST by drubyfive
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To: basil

I was at the Austin store at Barton Creek yesterday. It was packed with customers, and with at least 30 employees (that I could count). Lots of stuff being bought, and lots of first timers buying Macs.

We have an iMac—the first Intel versions—and as nice as it is, I was still drooling over the new iMac.

Incredible stuff.


53 posted on 11/24/2007 6:19:51 PM PST by twntaipan (To say someone is a liar and a Democrat is to be redundant.)
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To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL

Parallels Workstation allows you to run any Windows software in a window on your Intel OSX Mac transparently as though the apps were Mac apps. With Parallels you can share files back and forth between PC and Mac. You can use the BootCamp created WindowsXP partition or you can use a virtual hard drive file that if it gets infected with a virus or spyware you can simply trash and revert to a clean copy.

Apple’s BootCamp allows you to repartition your HD to install a bootsble copy of WindowsXP or Vista that allows you to run your Mac as a Windows PC at full speed. Many PC pundits have reported that a Mac is the fastest Windows PC they have ever used! Parallels and Fusion will do the same thing in a Mac window under OSX with only a 5-10% speed hit.

You can also use VMWare’s Fusion to accomplish the same thing.

Now, I know the answer to #3. A Mac OSX app called Reunion is GEDCOM compliant and can access the standard geneology files used by almost all geneology programs.


54 posted on 11/24/2007 6:29:16 PM PST by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE)
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To: drubyfive

Re: creating PDFs on Macs

Every application on an OSX Mac can create a PDF file because it’s built into the OS. PDF creation is not application dependent. Adobe’s software is not necessary on a Mac. Mac created PDFs can be sent to publishing houses as easily as can Adobe’s.


55 posted on 11/24/2007 6:36:15 PM PST by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE)
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To: Swordmaker

Thank you for post #54. I will show it to dh tonight. As for .pdfs...will I be able to fill out say, applications or forms on the imac?


56 posted on 11/24/2007 6:45:09 PM PST by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (****************************Stop Continental Drift**)
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To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL

Re: filling out forms in PDF.

Yes. Filling out PDF forms either stand alone or online works fine.

While not as fully functional as Adobe Acrobat, the tools available in Preview and Safari will allow you to also edit and change PDFs. You can even combine PDF files by drag and drop.


57 posted on 11/24/2007 6:59:57 PM PST by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE)
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To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
The Apple worker-guy didn’t seem to know.

I wonder if he was part of that smugly named "Genius Bar"? Genius, lol right.

58 posted on 11/24/2007 7:11:26 PM PST by Blue Highway
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To: BunnySlippers; Blue Highway

and what do you call people who buy corporate religion?


59 posted on 11/24/2007 7:16:11 PM PST by the invisib1e hand
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To: SamAdams76
Then I jumped in my car and went to the Whole foods where I got some Stonyfield yogurt and a cake made entirely of figs.

don't you mean, "I jumped in the Bimmer?"

60 posted on 11/24/2007 7:17:58 PM PST by the invisib1e hand
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