Mat

I don't really understand this. There's already hundreds of stores selling PCs and MS products, why do we need another? I just can't see this idea working as well as the Apple stores considering the sales pitch for each, you know? Mac tends to aim for the individualistic approach where buying a single machine is kind of like picking out a pet, whereas a PC is more of a business oriented "tool." Look at the biggest purchasers of PCs on top of it; major business. I don't think a big-time CEO is going to stroll down to his local MS store and pick up 8,000 workstations... Most of you probably think I'm a biased Apple snob-treehugger at this point, but I hate to inform you that I have both a Lenovo T400 (2.53Ghz 256 ATi switchable graphics 4GB RAM) for work in IT and a Macbook Pro (2.26Ghz 13.3" 2GB RAM) for personal use (bootcamp with Leopard and Win7 beta) and I mean, if they tell you exactly what each is good for, it may work. I just can't see that particular medium working better than a major retailer's website like Dell or Lenovo which to me is like the fast food of the computer market; made to order, comes quick for cheap and it's a decent product. Both companies just need to learn where their place is in the world and frankly, I think Apple has a MUCH better grasp of that at this point. Bill seems like he's stumbling around in the dark trying to figure out how to get back a relatively small part of the personal computer market. We'll just have to see.

I think you mean "corporate" and how could this be corporate if it took over 15 years to release. Please, don't open your cake hole unless something intellectual is going to come out immediately following. Dumbass.