Nerd Love, Day 19: 10 reasons nerds LOVE the Apple Store at the Grove
1. Conveniently located to Los Angeles’ fashionable East side.
2. Get to watch Vegas-style timed musical fountain whilst walking to/from personal transpo device.
3. Better porn than Hustler store.
4. Retro-calming, Holly Golightly-esque, “Nothing bad could ever happen to you in a place like this” design vibe.
5. No rats.
6. Close proximity to wide variety of foods legal on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet.
7. New! Urban equivalent of Wal-Mart greeter at front door!
8. New! Validated parking with ANY purchase!
9. New! Apple staff can ring up (credit card) purchases via handy/scary device around neck.
10. New! Apple staff can print out receipt on spot or email it to your .mac account.
Which leaves only one question: what is keeping you PC boneheads from drinking the Kool-Aid and getting down with the program?
Silly PC users…
xxx
c
Image by Chet Yeary II via Flickr, used under a Creative Commons license.
TOPICS: 21 day salutes, Apple, List-o-rama!, Los Angeles, Nerd Love™, The Grove.
9 Comments, Comment or Ping
Corey K.
I am a PC user rather than a Mac user because I am a PC nerd. Duh.
Embrace all nerds equally! PC Nerds and Mac nerds! Doctor Who nerds and Star Trek nerds! Theater nerds and film nerds! Nerddom unite!
And don’t forget the dorks, either.
Feb 12th, 2007
David Markland
Because us PC users put the quality of the product ahead of the packaging.
;)
Feb 12th, 2007
communicatrix
Corey - I {heart} all nerds, even the PC variety. But I must draw the line at theater nerds. Clearly, they are too crazy to embrace.
David - You keep telling yourself that. It helps to ease the pain, I’m sure…
Feb 12th, 2007
Tim
Colleen, one reason would be price? I just bought a Compaq for a quarter of the price of the lowest priced Mac. Still love my Mac at work, just can’t afford it at home. Side note to David, Vista is SLOW compared to OS X!
Feb 13th, 2007
BF
Using Tim’s logic I should drive a chevy cavalier instead of my saab. Of course, I also own several macs and PCs. In terms of quality? If I had to choose, I’d go with a mac in a saab over a PC in a chevy any day.
Cost? We’re all going to be dead soon enough. Life’s too short to waste on Windows.
Feb 13th, 2007
Deb
amen BF!
although i’ve given up on trying to convert PC users. it’s not always about price. something working and working well, something that’s easy to use works for me. (i’ve got a mac that’s eight years old that still runs better than some new PC’s i’m forced to deal with at work.)
besides, why wait for some companies (nudge, nudge, wink, wink) to copy innovation? why not just get the original and get the new stuff early?
design is great. design is cool. i love the design aspect. but it totally comes second.
btw, i love the holly golightly comparison! it’s perfect!
all the best!
deb
Feb 13th, 2007
Larry
In my best Hammy-from-Over-The-Hedge voice, wringing my hands anxiously…
but i like the pee-see
As it happens, I like putting all the pieces together from random crap I find at -insert mega computer store of your choice here-.
Feb 13th, 2007
communicatrix
Tim, Tim, Tim - but what are you teaching the *children*?
BF - Be nice to Tim. We must lead by example.
Deb - I don’t know that design does come second–to me, it’s an integral part of the Mac platform, and I’m not talking OS.
Larry - No, you like science projects. That is something I don’t exactly understand, but it is different.
Feb 14th, 2007
Tim
Thanks, Colleen. I’m actually teaching the children to not grow up in front of the TV like I did. And to be nicer to people than I am. the computer is secondary!
Feb 15th, 2007