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Old 9th May 2009, 06:03 PM
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Looks like fun, but I wonder what was the embarrassment level for getting clapped into the store
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Looks like fun, but I wonder what was the embarrassment level for getting clapped into the store
about 100% lol
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nice photos, can wait till im in QLD to go check it out...
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I think that every time I see one. I would love to put it in the front window of my house, so passers by can enjoy the iPhone's wonderful UI.
FYI: I want one of the tables too, preferably in a darker wood like mahogany, but I imagine I've got more chance of scoring the oversized phone seeing as the tables are custom designed by an architectural firm especially for Apple...
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Old 9th May 2009, 09:43 PM
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the store front displays are win.

ok question now is... did any of u guys actually BUY something?! :P
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My Newton works...

Putting a huge iPhone in my window would result in another break-in within a few days, tops.

Thought about taking pics of my purchase... in its tie-bag... but couldn't be stuffed. :}
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It was amazing seeing a Newton in the flesh, as I thought it would be something that I would never see. Even more amazing was that it still worked
Lots of people have them...

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I've been tempted to book a Genius Bar appointment only to complain that my first gen Touch doesn't recognise my finger anymore. Doesn't connect to the App Store either...
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I've been tempted to book a Genius Bar appointment only to complain that my first gen Touch doesn't recognise my finger anymore. Doesn't connect to the App Store either...
Please do. They'll have a great laugh too, if they know what a Newton is.
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I was waiting for the store to open from 3am yesterday.
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the store front displays are win.

ok question now is... did any of u guys actually BUY something?! :P
I did, no one else I recognised did... but it was hard slog to buy something. Their system wasn't handling it very well. For me it took multiple attempts to process with two different specialists - I would say around 20mins.

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I'll be buying my next major purchase from there, no questions. It's simply better than anywhere in Brisbane.
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Gold Coast gets first bite at Apple Store

Nice article featuring one of our guys. Nice one, Karl's Mum!!
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Nice article featuring one of our guys. Nice one, Karl's Mum!!
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Well I'm real tempted to walk up to the Genius bar with my TAM, but I figure they wont actually be able to do anything... so there's little point.

As for definitely buying there... the online store is "closer"... but I'm sure a visit will be assumed to all future visits to Goldy.

When I bought my purchase, it was straight forward... though their wood desktop was a pain when trying to sign for my purchase...
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If u look at the box on the left that was my purchase a firewire 800-400 cable that cost me $30 and also I changed most of the homepages to mactalk.com.au

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the store front displays are win.

ok question now is... did any of u guys actually BUY something?! :P
yeah.. would of been around the first ppl to buy stuff

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If u look at the box on the left that was my purchase a firewire 800-400 cable that cost me $30.
So Apple are now pricing cables with the same markup as RAM. Bloody hell that's a lot for something that couldn't cost more than $1 to manufacture...
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So Apple are now pricing cables with the same markup as RAM. Bloody hell that's a lot for something that couldn't cost more than $1 to manufacture...
All the other resellers sell that same cable for the same price
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So Apple are now pricing cables with the same markup as RAM. Bloody hell that's a lot for something that couldn't cost more than $1 to manufacture...
i did some searching around and i was like i could save $4 and get it on ebay but it was $30 at the apple store and $30 online not including postage and also i was in the Apple store for the opening you feel like a dick for not buying something
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Off topic, but tied in to above post/s...

A friend at work needed a new charger for her iPod Shuffle (2nd gen; clippy one). $45 or there abouts. New iPod Shuffle $65. Criminal.
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