“More than 500 Neapolitans turned out Sat., March 10, at the Waterside Shops for the opening of the first Apple computer store in Naples. The company opened a similar outlet in Estero several weeks ago. The next nearest outlet is in Boca Raton,” Marty Miron reports for the Naples Sun Times.
“The computers, which are all built by Apple, and come in half a dozen models, are getting a lot of attention lately because of their new ability to run PC Windows systems, including the new Vista, as well as the Apple Macintosh system. This means that users can switch to Mac without giving up their investment in programs,” Miron reports.
Full article here.
More info on Apple Store Waterside Shops: http://www.apple.com/retail/watersideshops/
MacDailyNews Take: Two interesting notes: People still line up for Apple Store openings by the hundreds and a local newspaper reporter actually can get things right about Apple.
TMF
lol, yeah, I’m a long way from there myself, in many ways.
And doing a great biz in hurricane-proof rubber ducky laptop sleeves….
@Jim
haha. Actually Neapoletans, in English…
Wikipedia: Neapolitan, a resident of Naples, Italy
I guess in Australia it is likely to be shortened to “nipples”
Video of the event can be found at Naples Fl, Apple Store opening video
it’s in the video archive section of the web site by the way