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To: Cogito who wrote (134056)	5/22/2012 8:32:24 AM
From: jeftuxedo	Read Replies (1) of 213182

<I still find it funny to think about the people who said Apple stores would fail like the Gateway stores did.> Agreed, although the comparison is not apples to apples, as it were. Gateway was just a bare bones showroom; they didn't even stock the computers in the store as I recall! Still, this has to be one of the biggest underestimations of all time in retailing, I would venture to say. Though back then, I think there was still a lot of Windoze and PC-centric people who were still looking at Apple as that "beleaguered" company that was about 90 days from extinction but we all know the reality now. If they had that "beleaguered" mindset, how could they possibly see that the Apple retail stores would be a runaway success?

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