What I miss about Amiga shops.......

[Daedalus]

On he other hand PCworld staff "can I help you mate... no ta just looking... well if you need any help just give me a shout"...

Which is just as well, because the only help they would be is if you had trouble reading the label on the shelf edge, they could read it to you. That and pointing out the most expensive item in the line they have while saying "This is what you need sir!" seems to be all they're good for.

Apple staff tend to be elitist alright, but at least they know the products they're trying to sell you.

[Daedalus]

Hehe, well they do some nice engineering on their machines you have to admit. Yes it's Intel, but you can't overheat it by putting it on your lap like the equivalent Dell, for example...

@Franko
Yeah, never actually tried anything like that in an Apple store so never even got to the stage of needing a "consultancy" - the only thing I ever bought new from Apple was an Airport Express - which is a bloody excellent piece of kit! But I bought that from Amazon IIRC...