Microsoft to open high-street shops

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Microsoft to open high-street shops

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Microsoft is hoping to strike a blow against rival Apple on the high street, with the announcement that it is to open a series of branded retail outlets.Image

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Publish Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:59:33 +0000
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The most important question that's missing:

Will they sort out your RRoD 360 for you?
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There'll have an equivalent of Apple's Genius Bar, but as it's Microsoft it'll be called Retard Bar.
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Shame that most apple users think a genius bar is some kind of light and pretentious cereal snack that helps their brain work enough to not put crayons up their nose whilst in work.
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Also known as a smug bar.
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Mr. Johnson wrote:Also known as a smug bar.
:lol:

Many Apple users don't give a shit about technicals, so I doubt you'd have to be much of a genius to work behind the Genius Bar.

I've been toying with the idea of getting a apple laptop but I don't have enough money to waste right now. I do love how easy Apple products are to use.
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spoodie wrote:I've been toying with the idea of getting a apple laptop but I don't have enough money to waste right now. I do love how easy Apple products are to use.
Keep watching the apple refurb store, you never know.
As much as I like my touchy mp3 player, it's not free of frankly baffling UI decisions and annoying limitations. The thought of using an OS "from the people who brought you QuickTime, iTunes and Safari!" fills me with horror.
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Stoat wrote:Keep watching the apple refurb store, you never know.
As much as I like my touchy mp3 player, it's not free of frankly baffling UI decisions and annoying limitations. The thought of using an OS "from the people who brought you QuickTime, iTunes and Safari!" fills me with horror.
I didn't know about the refurb store, ta. Although I really don't require a laptop, I just like to drool over the products.
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As a side note, my mate (played beef with us as Anomoly666 as a few times), has an apple laptop of some description from the refurb store.

By all accounts it's brand new and was in impeccable condition when he got it, it was also about £300ish cheaper than the factory first equivalant spec.
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You should tempt him back. We could even change his name so he spelled anomaly correctly. :P
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HereComesPete wrote:You should tempt him back. We could even change his name so he spelled anomaly correctly. :P
spelt :P
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Lee wrote:spelt :P
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:lol:
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I could tempt him back, I'm not sure if he can run beef on the macbook though (performance wise after Windows emulation).

Dirty media students with their apple hardware and software, pfft.
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Just try and last with your apple products as long as you can, my girlfriend's brother is a real mac fanboy (not surprisingly he's incredibly gullible) and he had to buy a new adapter the other day, since the previous one broke.
80 fucking pounds for a plug.
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You should have sourced him one 'cheap' and taken £100 off him for the pleasure!
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Post by Sol »

I have a macbook and it's lovely! :wronghole:

But it does annoy me that 5 (i think, could be 6) updated versions have come out since i bought it a year and a half ago :lol:
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