Biggest Apple Store in the World Opens in London
People are already lining up for tomorrow's grand opening of the biggest Apple store in the world.
Microsoft is just getting its foot in the door when it comes to brick-and-mortar stores. The company has just four locations so far, and though the company is said to have taken a few cues from Apple when it comes to the deign of its stores, it might be a while before Redmond has a Microsoft store that can rival Apple's Covent Garden location.
It's the biggest Apple store in the world, and every Apple fan's dream: Entire walls of iPads and iPhones; dedicated rooms for each product; not one, but two of Apple's trademark glass staircases; three floors; a huge room for community learning; and the biggest Genius Bar in the world. Much of the building is made up of the original 1876 brickwork, which Apple carefully restored, and it contains a 'Start Up Room' to help people get their new devices up and running before they even take them home. There's also a Briefing Room to help business clients and a new Pro Labs training program. According to Electric Pig, customers who sign up for the program will receive eight hours of classes free. Apple promises you'll reach a "professional standard" in applications such as Final Cut Pro, Aperture and Logic by the time you're done.
It's a beautiful store (check the video below, courtesy of Electric Pig) but we can't help but wish Microsoft had something similar (or at least plans for something on the same level). Can you imagine how much fun it could be? Whole rooms dedicated to Xboxes and Kinect; the Zune HD; Windows Phone 7; and Office tutorials and Windows 7 training programs. Someone start a petition or a Facebook group. That's how things get done these days, right?
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Hmm... good time for Microsoft to put the 'World's biggest Microsoft store' right beside it.
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Jailbreak all the iDevices in the store!
If apples products are so easy to use, why does it take a genius to fix them?
^ Win!
If apples products are so easy to use, why does it take a genius to fix them?
Because believe it or not, they're not made by Fischer Price.
Now when are they going to build their ivory tower?
Why would microsoft need it's own store, they only sell like two pieces of hardware and a buttload of software. Where I live, there are no msft stores and no genuine apple stores, just retailers.
Why would microsoft need it's own store, they only sell like two pieces of hardware and a buttload of software. Where I live, there are no msft stores and no genuine apple stores, just retailers.
I'm with you, I have no idea why Microsoft would have their own store, or why anyone would want it.
I can go to the local dump and find roughly the same quality of items sold by Microsoft, and it's cheaper there.
I thought the biggest one is in Shanghai.
N'awww crap why did they have to come here, as if we didn't have enough appletards.
BTW, this is the store in Shanghai
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6jbfTWBJ5o
wonder if they have a room to teach people how to properly hold the devices.
Jailbreak all the iDevices in the store!
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Hmm... good time for Microsoft to put the 'World's biggest Microsoft store' right beside it.
Wouldn't work. Microsoft wouldn't sell anything, because the checkout computers probably run Windows, they'd be blue-screening and bogged down with viruses all day!
N'awww crap why did they have to come here, as if we didn't have enough appletards.
Probably to balance out the confused and inept Wintards, of which there are WAY too many on here.
Soldiers : Wait until it's full before you open fire!!
I guess New york is no longer the Big Apple?
a big apple store.... this makes me sad.
I give Apple props for not destroying a heritage building, but then again...it probably would've been better off destroyed than house a disease known as Apple.
Because believe it or not, they're not made by Fischer Price.
You'd never know it.
The only problem I foresee with Microsoft stores are people throwing Apples through the Windows.
It's just too funny to resist!
Why would microsoft need it's own store, they only sell like two pieces of hardware and a buttload of software. Where I live, there are no msft stores and no genuine apple stores, just retailers.
Apparently you didn't read the article. "Whole rooms dedicated to Xboxes and Kinect; the Zune HD; Windows Phone 7;"
That's 4 pieces of hardware.
there are loosers that love apple so much, they would do this lol, if i had the money i would open the largest PC store in the world, and ban known apple users from it lol
lol...I guess that makes Londoners the world's biggest suckers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7yD-0pqZg
Dear wotan31,I would say that you're under the age of 24 and probably destroyed your fair share of Win installs from all the pron you installed, while, running as full admin.You then moved to apple and feel superior?I could be wrong.
Wrong. 36. And I haven't used Windows at home since 1995, when Windows 95 came out and I was finishing college. I saved my money (I was a poor college student after all) and bought an expensive new peecee with Win95 on it. It was a piece of shit. Blue screens, driver conflicts, viruses. It was horrible. That's when I decided to learn Linux. I used Linux as my main OS from 1996 to 2004. I switched to OSX in 2004, as it was more mature and refined by that point. Why didn't I switch to Apple sooner? Because quite frankly the pre-OSX days, OS9 and earlier were garbage. They were crappy operating systems. Just as bad a Windows. But with OSX, it's all BSD UNIX with a brilliant GUI. Best desktop OS on the market today. Linux has made strides since I dumped it in '04, it's much more user friendly now. But Windows is just as bad as ever.
Hey all out there...
I ask myself why are there people that just only can give negatif comment. this article is about a store,not a product.
If you are a lover of your self build super game-rig by proud.
Some others just by stuf at the store from hp, acer, lenovo, compac, msi, dell and apple.
Loving something is not equel to hating the other.
So for the apple haters under you.... do some zen or boedha
the world would be more fun without the hate.
PS. for myself i have a amd self-build and no aple stuf
sorry for crappy englis, greets from Belgium
Another way to sucker imoney from peoples iwalletts.
Excuss me what was that...Istore or Eyesore.
Wrong. 36. And I haven't used Windows at home since 1995, when Windows 95 came out and I was finishing college. I saved my money (I was a poor college student after all) and bought an expensive new peecee with Win95 on it. It was a piece of shit. Blue screens, driver conflicts, viruses. It was horrible. That's when I decided to learn Linux. I used Linux as my main OS from 1996 to 2004. I switched to OSX in 2004, as it was more mature and refined by that point. Why didn't I switch to Apple sooner? Because quite frankly the pre-OSX days, OS9 and earlier were garbage. They were crappy operating systems. Just as bad a Windows. But with OSX, it's all BSD UNIX with a brilliant GUI. Best desktop OS on the market today. Linux has made strides since I dumped it in '04, it's much more user friendly now. But Windows is just as bad as ever.
You make some good points but I have to disagree with you on Windows. First of all, I'd just like to add that I use Linux predominantly and occasionally I switch to OSX for a change.
It is very rare that I use Windows nowadays. Only when I come across Windows specific software in fact. Of which there is lots. Neither OSX or Linux has the vast range of quality software that Windows has. In addition, I think that Windows 7 is an excellent operating system. I am yet to have a problem with it - no crashes, quick performance, great hardware compatibility etcetera etcetera. I just find the UI a bit boring in comparison to OSX and Compiz.
The problem I have with Apple is the maths. £700 of hardware plus £90(?) of OS does not equal £2,000 worth of machine. You could call my problem with Apple a pricing one (amongst others). It is rapidly becoming the fashion item of middle class tossers. I'm not including you in that comment, it's just generally true. I'd also be very surprised to hear that you didn't have a version of Windows on at least one PC in your home, or as a dual boot or virtual machine.
Who cares it's a store is anyone forcing you to go into it? NO so stop the bashing it's annoying and seriously childish grow up and make a decision weather or not to like or dislike Apple things
and before you go bashing me know that i am an adult and i build my own computers i do have an Ipod and Iphone but i use the phone as a phone