[Am-info] Best Buy drops Mac titles?

[Steve Cohen]

Mitch Stone wrote:
> 
> --- From a message sent by Steve Cohen on 1/2/00 8:13 PM ---
> 
> >So this is nothing new.  Seems kind of stupid, but I'm not sure who is
> >the stupider - Apple for forcing colored iMacs down the throats of
> >retailers who don't want to be bothered selling them (customer is always
> >right, no?) or
> >Best Buy, who whatever their decisions about Apple machines, cuts off a
> >certain small but vital segment of own customer base in software.  I
> >suppose iMacs are mostly sold through online channels these days?
> >That's where I bought mine.  Best Buy is the last place I'd go for such
> >a purchase.
> >
> >I suppose they're still selling Linux because there isn't a "difficult"
> >hardware side to the product line, but I can't imagine that very many
> >copies of Linux are bought there.
> 
> Well, welcome to it. Those of us who have been following Apple and the
> Macintosh for years have always been mystified by the shabby treatment
> the products receive in the big retail stores. Almost any long-time Apple
> customer can relate an experience of being sneered at by some pimply
> clerk for even asking about a Mac-related product, such as software,
> cables or a book. I got so that if I didn't find it on my own, I would't
> ask -- that "why don't you get with the program?" look got pretty old.
> 

Which brings to mind a pretty funny thought.  Wonder what would happen
if, just for experimentation, I would go into Best Buy and ask the sales
clerk what the advantages and disadvantages were of each of the Linux
distributions they sell.