Mac Mini and Shuffle at Best Buy
Highly reliable sources at a number companies that manufacture third-party add-ons for the Macintosh have confirmed to The Mac Observer that Best Buy will be displaying and stocking the Mac mini at all of its retail stores, and not just a selected few.
Best Buy and Apple have recently held a limited trial period of selling Mac products (again) at select Best Buy stores. This pilot program was only available for a limited period of time. The Mac Mini already appears at the BestBuy.com website, but has not yet made its retail appearance.
Apple's Mac Mini has also briefly appeared on the online Target.com store... but no official word on availability of the low-end Mac at retail Target locations.
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But since they have them now at Target and Best Buy, anyone think we might start seeing Mac Mini commericals?
I hope it doesnt turn out to be a giant flop like last time they tried to sell Macs there. Most stupid Best Buy goons don't know anything about Macs or OSX.
Or Windows PCs :p
I wonder how many people will see the mini next to the huge towers and just figure that it's an external hard drive or something. I wonder what kind of display it'll be hooked up to.
Fishes,
narco.
I hope it doesnt turn out to be a giant flop like last time they tried to sell Macs there. Most stupid Best Buy goons don't know anything about Macs or OSX.
But since they have them now at Target and Best Buy, anyone think we might start seeing Mac Mini commericals?
Much of that might be due to the fact that Best Buy's Computer sales staff are not only stupid, but stupid PC users. I went in there and I was looking at the hard drives, and a guy comes up to me and goes, "Is there anything I can help you with." and I go "yeah which of these hard drives are compatible with Macs?" He goes "umm.. umm none of these are mac compatible,.. or at least.. none of them say they are mac compatible (as he picks one up)." Wow, very "helpful" Mr. Bestbuy.
I think selling the mini at Best Buy is a good thing. I've heard good and bad things about Best Buy's protection plans, so I'm not sure if it's a good thing to buy from them if you have the chance to get it at an Apple store.
I wonder how many people will see the mini next to the huge towers and just figure that it's an external hard drive or something. I wonder what kind of display it'll be hooked up to.
Fishes,
narco.
Mmm, a 23" Cinema display?
Or I can work there...:D
Been waiting patiently. Didn't Circuit City offer A Mac Lineup for a while also?
A little off topic, but relating to the mac mini... are they offering a different color case or something? On Yahoo! News, there is a picture of a mini in an apple store, and it appears to have a lighter colored case.
Here is the article
Anyone have any ideas?
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