Official: Apple Store

bettin · Post by **bettin** » Sat May 21, 2005 1:17 pm

Any rumors of an Apple Store making its way to the Big O?
Village pointe would be a great location for the store. A book store (wi-fi enabled) and an apple store at VP would make me very very happy.

almighty_tuna · Post by **almighty_tuna** » Sat May 21, 2005 7:29 pm

I don't think we're going to get an Apple Store for a while. No rumors or anything have surfaced. Neither VP or Papillion Promenade are really types where Apple has opened other stores...Jordan Creek's uber-mall, Tulsa (15th largest metro w/out an Apple Store) is rumored to be getting one, if they haven't already. Omaha seems like it would be on the short list, but...

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Sat May 21, 2005 9:54 pm

Tuna-

Where did you get your metros without an Apple Store list?

-Big E

almighty_tuna · Post by **almighty_tuna** » Sat May 21, 2005 10:16 pm

It was referenced from ifoapplestore.com and based on 2000 MSA numbers I believe. He's as fanatical about Apple Stores as many of us are about Omaha.

SychoBC · Post by **SychoBC** » Sat May 21, 2005 11:23 pm

Well Omaha's Apple Rep, has stated that Apple is indeed in talks to move into Village Pointe.

Will · Post by **Will** » Sun May 22, 2005 10:44 am

what is an Apple store?

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Sun May 22, 2005 2:38 pm

Apple Computer Retail Store. They're awesome. One, because they sell Apple computers and peripherals.

Two, because they don't sell Windows |expletive|.

-Big E

j4nu · Post by **j4nu** » Sun May 22, 2005 3:06 pm

Actually, they is a bit of a apple store in town already. Apple leases a corner of the compusa store.

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Sun May 22, 2005 3:43 pm

Those things pale in comparison to a real Apple Store. Go ask a CompUSA employee anything specific about Apple products (well, any product for that matter). It's like trying to have a conversation with a McDonald's cashier.

I've been in maybe 6 or 7 different Apple Stores around the country. I work on the machines professionally, and I can have my difficult technical questions answered by anyone employed there. In my opinion, there's no chain retail in the country where you can get better service on any type of computer - Mac or Windows.

-Big E

Asten · Post by **Asten** » Sun May 22, 2005 6:47 pm

Big E wrote:Apple Computer Retail Store. They're awesome. One, because they sell Apple computers and peripherals.

Two, because they don't sell Windows |expletive|.

-Big E

Unfortunately, they DO sell Apple |expletive|.

The OS may be pretty, but i'd rather run games, you know, before they've been out 2 years.

jsheets · Post by **jsheets** » Sun May 22, 2005 9:15 pm

We're #12, behind Tulsa, according to this very "unofficial" list:
http://www.ifoapplestore.com/box/top10_without.html

j4nu · Post by **j4nu** » Sun May 22, 2005 10:05 pm

A couple weeks ago we ventured down to KC and hit the Apple store while we were there. It is a great store and seems like it would be a really nice fit out at VP.

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Sun May 22, 2005 11:50 pm

jsheets wrote:We're #12, behind Tulsa, according to this very "unofficial" list:
http://www.ifoapplestore.com/box/top10_without.html

Actually according to the list Omaha is #11

..Thanks for providing that list. I've seen it before..

And WELCOME to the forum oktransplant..I've heard about that eventual Apple store in OKC at Penn Square..Good to hear it has become a reality..Hopefully Omaha will not be far behind

..

..Ciao..LiO....Peace

SychoBC · Post by **SychoBC** » Mon May 23, 2005 1:32 am

Big E wrote:Those things pale in comparison to a real Apple Store. Go ask a CompUSA employee anything specific about Apple products (well, any product for that matter). It's like trying to have a conversation with a McDonald's cashier.

I've been in maybe 6 or 7 different Apple Stores around the country. I work on the machines professionally, and I can have my difficult technical questions answered by anyone employed there. In my opinion, there's no chain retail in the country where you can get better service on any type of computer - Mac or Windows.

-Big E

I work at CompUSA and guarentee, any of our Apple salesmen know more about the product that you do.

Post by **nebugeater** » Mon May 23, 2005 6:29 am

SychoBC wrote:

I work at CompUSA and guarentee, any of our Apple salesmen know more about the product that you do.

that
??

must have been typed on a MAC

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Mon May 23, 2005 8:35 am

Sycho-

I'll qualify my statement in that case to limit it to "the CompUSA's with which I have had first hand experience."

-Big E

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 2:50 pm

Rumor site info on upcoming Apple Stores:

http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0602briefly.html

40 new stores, no mention of anything near Omaha. Someone HAS to get on the ball and attract one of these to an Omaha mall. I'd actually drive out west for one of these.

-Big E

adam186 · Post by **adam186** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 3:07 pm

Big E wrote:40 new stores, no mention of anything near Omaha. Someone HAS to get on the ball and attract one of these to an Omaha mall. I'd actually drive out west for one of these.

-Big E

I'll see what I can do.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 3:14 pm

My buddy and I made the coolest iBook today..

adam186 · Post by **adam186** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 3:34 pm

Haha, but how are you going to right click?

TechnicalDisaster · Post by **TechnicalDisaster** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 3:47 pm

MTO wrote:My buddy and I made the coolest iBook today..

Blasphemy.

I get my new iBook on Monday.

Buy hey, Omaha is getting more attention from Rumor sites in regards to the Village Pointe Location:
http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0603retail.html
http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2006/03/ ... 0945.shtml

Open by September?

lonnie · Post by **lonnie** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 5:03 pm

bradley414 wrote:...I get my new iBook on Monday.

Buy hey, Omaha is getting more attention from Rumor sites in regards to the Village Pointe Location:
http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0603retail.html
http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2006/03/ ... 0945.shtml

Open by September?

The Apple jobs site has added job listings for the Village Pointe store a few day ago.

I would be guessing, but a July opening should be possible, and would be great for back to school sales.

Lonnie

adam186 · Post by **adam186** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 5:05 pm

Is it safe to move this out of 'Rumors' or do we need a formal announcement for what is already officially going to happen?

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 5:06 pm

Actually we got Linux on that POS too.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 5:08 pm

adam186 wrote:Is it safe to move this out of 'Rumors' or do we need a formal announcement for what is already officially going to happen?

Yay a Mactel store is coming to Omaha.

TechnicalDisaster · Post by **TechnicalDisaster** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 6:52 pm

adam186 wrote:Is it safe to move this out of 'Rumors' or do we need a formal announcement for what is already officially going to happen?

Actually, an earlier Apple Store rumor thread was pulled out of here and placed on the suburban forum. It got hijacked by Apple Vs. Windows BS and got locked.

This thread may stay open longer, as long as it doesn't get hijacked from a PeeCee owner.

Actually we got Linux on that POS too.

Im guessing that you swapped the motherboard to get Windows to run? There are lots of Mac native *nix flavors, so the Linux isn't that impressive.

adam186 · Post by **adam186** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:05 pm

^Oh ya, I remember that now. Let's not do that this time.

djc311 · Post by **djc311** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 9:38 pm

Apple Store at VP is a guarantee. That's official.

D

Post by **Admin** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 9:52 pm

Okay, we'll go with it.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 11:42 pm

Well don’t try and blame me for any of these threads getting locked. Its Jeff’s fault he locks them. heck I’m even going to NFM to look at the new macbookpro.

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 1:52 am

For the record, I was the one that locked the last Apple Store thread..So let Jeff off the hook..

Lets hope this one does not meet the same fate..

..Ciao..LiO....Peace

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 6:56 am

I still think some how we can blame it on Jeff.

TechnicalDisaster · Post by **TechnicalDisaster** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 8:14 am

I was at NFM last week looking at the MacBook Pro, very nice laptop. FYI, all the batteries have been removed from the MacBook Pros, so if you pull the magnetic power cord to test it out, you shut down the computer

. But hey, on a brighter side, you can see how fast they boot-up!

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 8:20 am

Thanks for the heads up, if they had a 17in Duo there I would be leaving with a new computer.
I don’t blame them those things are very pricy. Back in hs kids used to steel the RAM out of desktops I couldn’t ever figure out how they did it so fast but they did. I had to put freaking paddle-locks on ALL the desktops.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 9:32 am

adam186 wrote:Haha, but how are you going to right click?

shift + mouse click

adam186 · Post by **adam186** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:12 am

^I was just making a joke, but thanks.

westom · Post by **westom** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:03 pm

I've been a regular visitor to the forum for a while and wanted to be a part of the action.
I was looking at monster.com for jobs and I found there was an opening for positions in "APPLE STORE" in village point.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:07 pm

Welcome and great find thank you

djc311 · Post by **djc311** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:09 pm

Actually, you can also do a google search or go to Apple's website for their employment opps. They list about a dozen positions or so for VP already. They posted them 3/23.

Nice to see one of these coming to town finally. We're planning a store at Shadow Lake Towne Center in Papillion, which is also another Red Development project, so who knows if they might want to do another one?

D

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:14 pm

Wow two apple stores is that uncommon in a metro less than 1million or not?