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Re: brick & mortar Apple Store

From Chris Ridd <chrisridd@mac.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject Re: brick & mortar Apple Store
Date 2011-08-31 20:28 +0100
Message-ID <9c7gb4FkerU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References <9c5912F5sqU1@mid.individual.net> <300820111620452697%nospam@nospam.invalid>

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On 2011-08-30 20:20:45 +0000, nospam said:

> In article <9c5912F5sqU1@mid.individual.net>, Tim Lance <nope@nada.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> I have always bought online - sometimes Apple, sometimes 3rd party. I'm
>> thinking to try the local Apple store and realize I know nothing about how
>> they really work. Are they merely showrooms or do they actually have various
>> configurations of stuff. Specifically I'm wondering if I can just walk in and
>> walk out with a MacBook Pro configured the way I want - the 15" 2.2GHz
>> i7/standard 4 MB RAM, either the 5400 RPM 750 GB or the 7200 RPM 500 GB
>> drive. BTW, I'll add a boot SSD in a few months.
> 
> they're definitely more than a showroom but they do not do build to
> order there, only the standard configurations.

IIRC they sometimes have some /slight/ variants - e.g. MBPs with more 
RAM - but mostly they stock the online store's good/better/best/etc 
configurations.
-- 
Chris

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brick & mortar Apple Store Tim Lance <nope@nada.com> - 2011-08-30 18:11 -0500
  Re: brick & mortar Apple Store nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2011-08-30 16:20 -0400
    Re: brick & mortar Apple Store Chris Ridd <chrisridd@mac.com> - 2011-08-31 20:28 +0100
  Re: brick & mortar Apple Store Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2011-08-30 19:36 -0500
    Re: brick & mortar Apple Store yourname@yourisp.com (Your Name) - 2011-08-31 13:18 +1200
      Re: brick & mortar Apple Store Tim Lance <nope@nada.com> - 2011-08-30 20:32 -0500
        Re: brick & mortar Apple Store Lloyd E Parsons <lloydparsons@mac.com> - 2011-08-30 22:21 -0500
      Re: brick & mortar Apple Store Calum <com.gmail@nospam.scottishwildcat> - 2011-09-01 11:28 +0100
  Re: brick & mortar Apple Store Tim Lance <nope@nada.com> - 2011-08-30 19:48 -0500
    Re: brick & mortar Apple Store Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2011-08-30 19:52 -0500
      Re: brick & mortar Apple Store Tim Lance <nope@nada.com> - 2011-08-30 20:34 -0500
        Re: brick & mortar Apple Store "Mark Dodel" <madodelNOSPAM@ptd.net> - 2011-08-30 21:32 -0500
          Re: brick & mortar Apple Store Tim Lance <nope@nada.com> - 2011-08-30 21:44 -0500
          Re: brick & mortar Apple Store Howard Brazee <howard@brazee.net> - 2011-08-30 21:36 -0600
        Re: brick & mortar Apple Store Chris Ridd <chrisridd@mac.com> - 2011-08-31 20:31 +0100
  Re: brick & mortar Apple Store tom koehler <tvnospamkoehler@nospamfrontiernet.netinvalid> - 2011-08-30 23:02 -0500
    Re: brick & mortar Apple Store yourname@yourisp.com (Your Name) - 2011-08-31 18:16 +1200
    Re: brick & mortar Apple Store Howard Brazee <howard@brazee.net> - 2011-08-31 10:00 -0600

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