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16-06-2008, 08:16 PM
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I really do wonder how successful this store will be. Is the Australian market big enough to sustain such a huge undertaking on Apple's behalf?
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iPods are as big here as anywhere else, and George St is a very high traffic area, they know what they're doing.
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16-06-2008, 08:20 PM
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I really do wonder how successful this store will be. Is the Australian market big enough to sustain such a huge undertaking on Apple's behalf?
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Its a permanent billboard.. Albeit an expensive one but at least one customers can interact with. That is, use the internet, imacs, ipods, etc
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16-06-2008, 08:21 PM
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cjuiz, compare Sydneys population and wealth with Boston and many similar Apple Store locations and you have your answer.
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16-06-2008, 08:21 PM
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makes the ailing, flagship T(life) store across the road look an incredibly poor and sad indictment of Telstra's incompetence. 
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16-06-2008, 08:25 PM
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Hmm, I guess so. I wonder if there has ever been any Apple store closures? Let's hope Sydney isn't the first. That would suck! Haha.
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16-06-2008, 08:25 PM
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Somebody take a photo of the T-Life shop for comparison!  |
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16-06-2008, 08:27 PM
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Interesting to see the blanket billboard coverage for iPod across Sydney at the moment.
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16-06-2008, 08:27 PM
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one more pic just a bit wider,
it will be interesting if the sydney people embracethe store as the place to buy macs...or just a place to view the macs and play with them, and purchase somewhere else???
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16-06-2008, 08:30 PM
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one more pic just a bit wider,
it will be interesting if the sydney people embracethe store as the place to buy macs...or just a place to view the macs and play with them, and purchase somewhere else???
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Wow, amazing.
Such a pity some of the covers are still up, would be a perfect picture then.
Time for another front page update.
I know I'll be buying all my Apple products there from now on.
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16-06-2008, 08:34 PM
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Pwetty. Might go check it out tomorrow.
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16-06-2008, 08:44 PM
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its....its......its............wish next byte facade was all galss with a glowing red logo....DAMN thats nice
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16-06-2008, 08:47 PM
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its....its......its............wish next byte facade was all galss with a glowing red logo....DAMN thats nice
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I don't think a glowing red light would attract the right kind of people...
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16-06-2008, 08:56 PM
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i think this might get people attention as they walk past...or see the bight lights from a block away
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16-06-2008, 09:03 PM
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i actually think that is plastic at the bottom, as it has ripples all through it
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They were cleaning/polishing the inside and outside tiles around 8pm tonight. The plastic wasn't up at 5pm when I walked past.
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16-06-2008, 09:28 PM
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Seriously
The first one with the perspective adjusted looks so much more professional then the one we now have up the front....
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