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Microsoft retail stores coming soon to a strip mall near you
Still, I can't help but wonder why Microsoft thinks operating its own stores will be more profitable than selling software downloads and getting physical copies of its software into existing retail outlets. Maybe this is really just a branding initiative, since that whole Seinfeld thing didn't really work out.
Microsoft announced yesteday that it's hired former DreamWorks exec David Porter to head the company's retail store unit.
[via Engadget]
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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-=Ben=- said 12:40PM on 2-13-2009
I like her hair
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Anthony said 1:21PM on 2-13-2009
oh common.... more jobs !!! :P
gotta b positive rii
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KeegdnaB said 3:07PM on 2-13-2009
I'm betting you'll see little stations where a customer can punch in what they want/need in a computer and it will
A) make a reccomendation of select hardware from featured partners like HP and Dell available off the shelf
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B) allow the customer to further explore all the possible models/configurations then allow them to custom configure one that can be ordered and shipped to them.
They can really focus their efforts on offering choice, and finding the right computer for everyone.
Add to that Xboxes, Zunes, mountains of software, and salespeople who can spin things just as well as Apple store employees (in the other direction) and you've got a winner
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chris said 7:17PM on 2-13-2009
So, in other words, what the Apple store does.
KeegdnaB said 10:14PM on 2-13-2009
no.....not like Apple
because Apple has an extremely limited product offering and push their "one-size fits all" philosophy. Microsoft can do well by emphasizing choice.
chris said 7:52AM on 2-15-2009
What choice? Whatever you pick, it will still crash within a couple years.
david said 2:43AM on 2-14-2009
Must order more Linux stickers!
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