[Am-info] Best Buy drops Mac titles?

[Christopher Pall]

Oh now really, do you expect people they are paying 6 or 7 bucks an hour to
degreed in computer information systems? There is supposed to be a good reason
why they put information on the outside of those boxes - granted, it's not
always 100% accurate - that's what returns are for - and yes Virginia, many
software products have a return policy.

Wouldn't it be nice to have engineers in the salesrooms?

On a less extreme note - I'm disappointed they dropped the Apple line - I'm
sure the bit about the deal with Microsoft was sarcasm - but given the recent
deals with Microsoft it certainly doesn't seem very kosher at all. Where
there's smoke....

Steve Cohen wrote:

> 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.
>
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