Apple Revamps Retail Stores with Interactive iPad Displays

Looks very cool, but no wonder there's an iPad shortage! ;)

Very nice! They're kinda going green by not wasting paper/plastic every time a price is changed.

but they are using more electricity ;)

Am I the only one that looks at it and says "thats one too many cables laying around on that table." I think it looks ugly.

Very nice! They're kinda going green by not wasting paper/plastic every time a price is changed.

If you forget how much energy went into making that device, the hazardous materials in that device, the energy it wastes sitting there on...

I want to see what those party hats look like.

Am I the only one who doesn't mind keeping the old price tags? :confused: That's a big power drain right there for Apple.

I don't think this is as expensive as you guys think. Probably only a cost of $200-250 per unit. This is Apple, remember, with so much cash they don't know what to do with it.

On a different note, I don't like how the iPads seem to blend in with the products they are supposed to be selling. It's hard to tell what's for sale and what's the "sign" now -- especially with the iPods and iPads. They should have made a nice aluminum or wood enclosure that left only the screen visible to "hide" the iPad's bezel and frame, as it's distracting when you are looking at a MacBook or iPhone or something.

That's a lot money on iPads.

No problem, you're paying for it.

Cha-ching - profit margin!

iPads selling iPads...

- iPads display product features, prices and lets you compare between models.
- Apple store staff appear to be wearing party hats.

So based on all that info, I have made a mockup of what a Genius might look like today:

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They still have different colored t-shirts and also dance around in circles and sing songs. But that's just pure speculation.