Apple to open London flagship store by Christmas

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“Apple Computer is planning to open a giant flagship store on London

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  4. One cannot name 50 “worthwhile” metropolitan areas in the U.S.

    Take a look at pro sports teams. Per league, there are about 30 teams, some often from the same locale. The New York Yankees are the only pro sports team that turns a profit each year. The other 29 “metropolitan” areas, let alone 50, do not have the numbers to reallllllly support a team, or an Apple Store, for that matter, at 2.5 million a year.

    I’d much rather see Apple hit London and Paris before, say, Scranton, PA.

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  6. Thats cool though I live in the North (Sheffield) – if I want Mac stuff there s a good store in Nottingham and some opening up here. But its good if a big store can spread the word and raise the profile

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  7. “I’d much rather see Apple hit London and Paris before, say, Scranton, PA.”

    Just imagine…30,000 pounds of mashed Macintoshes…
    (with apologies to the late Harry Chapin)

    :^)

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  11. Good!! Finally!!

    Not that I dislike having to travel to the US to get a 3rd-party cable… ” width=”19″ height=”19″ alt=”wink” style=”border:0;” /> But now we need one in Amsterdam, where I live! Still, I guess a 1-hour easyjet flight to Blighty is better than half-a-day lost.

    Can I get salt-n-vinegar on that G5, ma’am?

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  12. Ha, this is like 10 minutes walk from my front door. I knew there was a reason I put up with living amongst Central London’s binge drinkers and crack addicts ” width=”19″ height=”19″ alt=”grin” style=”border:0;” />

    I second the call for a store in Manchester too. And a third in Edinburgh would be a good move.

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  14. Well, they’ll just have to raise their game won’t they?

    MicroAnvika are the guys who have most to lose, but they have their PC business to keep them alive.

    As for Albion, Trams et al, maybe they’ll benefit from Apple taking the UK seriously enough to spend �1.5M on a storefront.

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  15. Sadly it won’t drive Gultronics out of business. I bought a couple of hard disks from them early last year, and they were both dud. When I took them back, the owner was in, and even though the serial numbers on the reciept matched those on the disds, he accused me of dismantling the disks and swapping the top panel with old dud ones I’d already had. Can you believe it? I asked him if he “thought I live in a bloody clean room”. I got Gultronics to replace them eventually, but only by continually going back until he wasn’t around and losing my temper of a couple of occassions. It turns out that an entire box of these disks had been dropped in transit, and everyone that had bought them had returned them.

    So the moral is, stay away from any Gultronics shop. The guy who runs it is a money-grabbing a**ehole who thinks his customers are stupid.

    On another note, I’ve probably walked past you guys in the street at some point. How wierd is that?

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  16. There’s a whole load of shysters on Tottenham Court Road who would benefit from a 9mm slug in the back of the head, and you’re right about Gultronics.

    Thankfully, come Xmas we will have a brand new shiny Temple of Truth and Beauty to worship in and we can leave the sleazy end of the market to those who deserve to be fleeced because of their appalling taste in operating systems.

    The sad thing is I now live in Guildford and loathe going into the West End simply because the pollution plays havoc with my chest, but sacrifices will have to be made: 20,000 square foot and not a Packard-Bell or an Acer box to be seen. I don’t even care about the �5.00 congestion charge.

    Also, I can’t tell from the address but is this a unit near Austin Reed?

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  18. Harry, my flat is at the top of Fitzrovia, so if Al Qaeda take out the BT Tower, I risk losing half the kitchen and one of the bedrooms ” width=”19″ height=”19″ alt=”wink” style=”border:0;” />. I know what you mean about the pollution MCCFR, it’s something I always notice if I’ve been out of London for a week. The Register are saying that the store is going to be at the Oxford Circus end of Regent St, near Liberty, but I can’t say that I know which end the numbering starts.

    As for the congestion charge, get yourself a motorbike. Ken doesn’t charge us, and the parking is free too ” width=”19″ height=”19″ alt=”grin” style=”border:0;” />

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  19. Another alternative to the congestion charge is public transport. Despite everybody’s whinging it really isn’t that bad.

    Not all the TCR shops are as bad as Gultronics. And at least the Macs in Micro Anvika have all the keys still on them, unlike in just about every PC World I’ve ever been in. Do Apple know how badly their products are presented in those places?

    Anyway, when do you suppose Apple will start hiring for the new store?

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  21. Can’t use the Tube myself. My pollution-damaged immune system together with being wedged into some coughing splutterers face at 8:30am would see me in the ground before this Apple Store opened. I also have this nagging doubt following those derailments they had last year that riding a motorbike could be statistically safer ” width=”19″ height=”19″ alt=”grin” style=”border:0;” />

    And I still recommend the Square Group Apple shop on New Oxford St. Find the huge pictures of Amanda Holden next to the Covent Garden Cruising Ground for Gay Men (or the Oasis Sports Centre as it’s officially called) and you’re just about there.

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  22. More solid info:

    It is indeed the development at the Oxford Circus end of Regent St., at the corner of Hanover St opposite Libertys. I believe that would put it near the Niketown Store.

    Dave H: Amanda Holden� Hmmmmm! Naked on a bed of lettuce. Her, not me!

    As for motorbikes? No! I’m a coward at a genetic level, and I would rather drive round the Arc De Triomphe in Paris whilst on LSD than ride into a London on two wheels.

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