Comments on: Sydney Apple Store – In Pictures

By: Victor Raikkonen

Victor Raikkonen — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:20:03 +0000

Personally, I can care less what happens in Sydney… how about a Perth store.

By: feral

feral — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:20:20 +0000

I like that staircase, its just like the one in the blimp in 'A view to a kill'

That sales counter looks clinical and impersonal; perhaps cause WTF are the apple hotties?

Checkout chicks would have been much more efficient..

By: Pieter

Pieter — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:20:26 +0000

I am just as excited as anyone can be about this. I am a loyal Apple-Mac user and enthusiast. But I too am puzzled at the super-duper fans camping out front waiting to be the first to enter on Thursday afternoon. Do the first few people get free computers or something? An ipod perhaps? What???

I would want at least a new iPhone for freezing my chips off and sleeping out there like an idiot. I am keen but I can wait a few days or weeks. It isn't going anywhere.

By: Hamish

Hamish — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:27:39 +0000

Let’s just hope the people working at the Apple stores know more about the computers, iPods and so on than Next Byte et al…

By: Attila

Attila — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:57:10 +0000

That "genius bar" is going to look mighty silly during slow periods when there are only a couple of people around.

And yeah, lining up for a store opening, particularly where there isn't a new product being launched, is weird.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:05:02 +0000

LINDA! YOU'RE IN SYDNEY!

haha good work man.

By: Eggplant

Eggplant — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:23:25 +0000

Nick your the tallest genius there LOL!
Tron thought you looked pretty.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:02:42 +0000

Apple Centres are pale imitations run by third parties - Next Byte and other.

This is the AU offshoot of the mother ship.

People are lining up because there is a tradition of giving out freebies at the opening of new stores. T-shirts are collectors items.

By: Aaron Spence

Aaron Spence — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:32:31 +0000

I shot a virtual tour outside the store last night when the curtains came down…check it out here:
http://maps.panedia.com/5055

By: Lochlan

Lochlan — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:26:00 +0000

I don't get it. I really don't. There's people with chairs out the front of it already.. what?

What's the difference between this and all the Apple Centres???