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

[Sandman]

Just finished my first visit to a Mac Store. Boy, what a snob-a-torium.  Definitely a elitist attitude at that place.  However, I like the new local Microsoft Store, some may hate their software but the people there were really nice and friendly with no pressure to buy.

I contrast this with the local Amiga stores that I used to visit back in the day.  One place in particular was just a fun, layed-back place for computer lovers to congregate.  I remember Saturday afternoons the place would be filled with Amiga enthusiast exchanging stories, dicussing software, trying out the new games and checking out the latest Fred Fish disks for goodies.  Good times.

[Sandman]

I'll use my cast off PPC Mac proudly, knowing that my OS is significantly more efficient than OSX.

I also get a sly grin when I boot up OSX on my hackintoshed HP Tablet too.

[Sandman]

Actually, I believe that the main Microsoft store is nearby in Bellevue, WA.  It is a really nice place... maybe they copied the Apple Store idea but I believe that they did it better.  Layed back, friendly people with no pressure... seem fairly knowledgable too.

For all the crap that gets layed out on Microsoft they have made some great products too or else they wouldn't still be around.

Apple on the other hand, for their often being praised as the savior for the individual thinking computer user sure like to trap you in their little box and force you to do it their way.

Just my opinion........