Comparing Apples to Oranges
Nice little comparative piece on why the Apple Retail Stores are so successful at The Apple Blog. As the author suggests, it’s rather obvious. But aside from careful design choices, it also demonstrates what Apple can do that no other company can, simply because of its influence on everything from the Mac/iPhone/iPod hardware, software, and accessories.
UPDATE: One of the commenters observed this:
vcmonk on June 22nd, 2009 at 7:31 pm
I find it amusing that in the Apple section of the local Best Buy, the Mac’s aren’t bolted down in any way, kind of like in the Apple stores. It would seem that Apple has enforced this same type of rule on them, which is nice.
