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Microsoft opens its first retail stores - Video
After months of planning, Microsoft officially opened its first bricks and mortar retail store today in Scottsdale, Arizona. The store launch comes on a day when Microsoft launched its next-generation Windows 7 operating system, and began selling PCs through its online store.
Microsoft will obviously be using its retail stores to sell software, but also Microsoft hardware including the Xbox 360 and Zune HD. The stores will also sell computers and smartphones running Windows and Windows Phone. That includes a number of PCs from major computer manufacturers.
Overall, the whole thing looks an awful lot like another company's retail stores... I just can't quite put my finger on.... oh right. Apple.
Anyway, Microsoft also has a "Microsoft Answers Suite" which isn't exactly a bar filled with geniuses -- but it is a place where customers can bring computers to have an attempt to diagnose and fix problems.
The video above was shot at the grand opening today. You can find a ton of pictures of the store at Gizmodo.
Microsoft will obviously be using its retail stores to sell software, but also Microsoft hardware including the Xbox 360 and Zune HD. The stores will also sell computers and smartphones running Windows and Windows Phone. That includes a number of PCs from major computer manufacturers.
Overall, the whole thing looks an awful lot like another company's retail stores... I just can't quite put my finger on.... oh right. Apple.
Anyway, Microsoft also has a "Microsoft Answers Suite" which isn't exactly a bar filled with geniuses -- but it is a place where customers can bring computers to have an attempt to diagnose and fix problems.
The video above was shot at the grand opening today. You can find a ton of pictures of the store at Gizmodo.
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