Store Wars: Microsoft vs Apple

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    Microsoft opened two stores last October in a timid challenge to Apple’s hit chain. We revisit one and an Apple store to see how it’s working out.

    Microsoft store, Scottsdale AZ, 4 pm June 7, 2010.

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    Caption by: Robin Harris

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    Microsoft store. A younger crowd.

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    Microsoft store. Note the many flat screen monitors and Microsoft store employees.

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    Lots of different hardware.

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    Ultimately, Microsoft is about selling software.

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    Apple store, north Scottsdale AZ, June 7, 5pm. Yes, a glass skylight, in Arizona.

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    No flat screen monitors on the walls. Flat screen graphics.

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    Genius bar in the back on the left. Studio bar - for creative services and training - on the left. A greater age range than I saw at Microsoft's store.

    Caption by: Robin Harris

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Microsoft opened two stores last October in a timid challenge to Apple’s hit chain. We revisit one and an Apple store to see how it’s working out.

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Microsoft opened two stores last October in a timid challenge to Apple’s hit chain. We revisit one and an Apple store to see how it’s working out.

Microsoft store, Scottsdale AZ, 4 pm June 7, 2010.

For more details, see the accompanying post:

href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/storage/store-wars-microsoft-vs-apple/963?tag=mantle_skin;content ">Store Wars: Microsoft vs Apple

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Caption by: Robin Harris

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