Apple Store coming to Vancouver… in 2009
Miss604 notes that an official Apple Store is finally coming to Vancouver, but not for a while:
… construction will begin in 2009 for retail space where Apple will locate its first western Canada store. That work will be finished by the holiday season of 2009 and, most importantly, for the 2010 Olympic Games that begin in February.
The resellers are okay, but they usually don’t have products on the day of release, and don’t have the famed Genius Bar.
Oct 19 2007
12:10 pm
Typically, nobody in Canada has the products on “day of release.” That’s more of an Apple Canada problem than an Apple Store vs. independent retail problem, and it’s been that way since the early 90s at least. I doubt an Apple Store in Vancouver is going to change that.
Personally, I’ve found the guys at Simply to be far more helpful than the Genius Bar.
Oct 19 2007
12:31 pm
I’ve always thought of the “Genius Bar” as a reinforced chunk of metal that I use to bludgeon people who misuse their computer products.
Oct 19 2007
12:46 pm
Curtis: Sometimes that’s what they do!
Oct 19 2007
11:38 pm
Mmmm … genius bar …
Oct 20 2007
12:45 am
I haven’t had the opportunity to use a Genius Bar yet. The Simply Computing way out in the suburbs is good for advice, but I’ve found the Vancouver one to be not as sharp for some reason. More oriented to selling iPods than being gurus. If the article is right that the new Apple Store will be at Pacific Centre, it may be more convenient for me than the Vancouver Simply Computing too.