Microsoft to open own stores, take on Apple

Reuters ^ | Feb 13, 2009 | Bill Rigby

[max americana]

There will also be "special" $10 bins for new and used MS Vista and Zune units. Also designated Microsoft "Geniuses" will spend time with your pc and laptop getting rid of the blue screen of death when you come in..

[MeanWestTexan]

Microsoft is now IBM.

[the long march]

Once again Microsoft is a decade short and oh so many products short.....

[celtic gal]

I have a MAC Book Pro 17” wide screen and when the PC is replaced guess where I am going? Apple!

[mgstarr]

[MAD-AS-HELL]

I can see the long lines of people with thier PC’s waiting for MS’s genius bar to reformat their drives after getting virus/trojan horses on their MS WINDOWS computers.

[Troll_House_Cookies]

Across the mall at the Apple store, Steve Jobs will be gladly autographing backdated stock options for any customer willing to sell their soul to iTunes.

[TheWasteLand]

What kind of person would be caught dead in a Microsoft store?

[arealconservativeforachange]

Yeah but you can’t get through door until an extensive security check takes place.

[LearnsFromMistakes]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185034/posts

[the long march]

Looks like a defunct CompUSA store

[WingsofCourage]

Great, more media domination by Dreamworks and Hollyweird. Was he the one responsible for tempting our children into mysticism with Kung Fu Panda?

[big'ol_freeper]

What a bunch of losers that run that company. They have no clue.

[flintsilver7]

In case you haven’t noticed, all but about ten people here at FR have already sold their souls to Apple. Apple can do no wrong, Microsoft can do no right - and it matters not what the actual truth of the matter is.

Reading any thread here regarding just about anything about Microsoft makes me wish I had never learned anything about computers and could happily join all the other ignorant people in bashing something I know nothing about.

[Alcibiades]

What would be the equivalent of the “blue screen of death” in a store?

[stainlessbanner]

Did gateway stores work? No.
Bad idea Ballmer

[arealconservativeforachange]

Don’t know, I can’t think of a good one.

[DonaldC]

I’m just not sure what a company that dominates 90%+ of the OS market stands to gain opening up retail stores. Although it may help them in gathering better feedback from real users about their product’s features. It’s been quite an experience switching my wife, who is as far from geekdom as one can get, from xp to vista. She would have had challenges with any OS I’m sure, but there are some area Microsoft could revisit when it comes to novice users for sure.

[mgstarr]

But Microsoft does keep a huge number techs employed world-wide just trying to keep their products working.

[ak267]

Anyone remember Gateway stores? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller...Bueller....Bueller????