I’ve been hanging out with Stuart Friday last week and yesterday which was fun. Yesterday we spent half the day walking around Oxford Street, Regent Street, Covent Garden and China Town. We went to Turnkey a cool music shop where I bought a USB studio condenser microphone so I can start recording/singing again. My voice is in need of some serious practice. I also had to look for a headset and since I did my research online I found out that some of the cheap ones don’t seem to like my G5 or any Mac in particular which made me decide to check out the ones at the Apple Store in Regent Street.
Boy that place is crowded! and less interesting than the one near Central Station in Amsterdam which might be a small place but at least they have slightly better service. I heard all the bad stories about Regent Street but when we got there I instantly felt like leaving again. This place is so chaotic and the staff really seems to be busy doing nothing all the time, showing more interest in the fact that they can wear their Apple t-shirt and badge than providing great service to customers. Yes the service sucks, but no wonder, the place is more like a huge glass display than an actual store. I knew it was bad but I didn’t realise it was this bad and I decided to get my stuff online instead of going back there to place an order. Of course Stuart and I ended up having the same old Apple-PC battle of wits.
I’m a Mac user -ever since the Classic was released- and I will continue to buy Mac products no matter how bad their service is: it’s not about the store, it’s about the product and the operating system. I love these machines and I would never ever change to PC since I always end up having to help out PC users fixing their problems: it really put me off. Things that are simple on a Mac become a burden on a PC and those PC users that I had to deal with didn’t have a clue what they’re doing: getting themselves into trouble because of a lack of knowledge or plain ignorance. A Mac could be somewhat restricted but offers tons of options to those who know what they’re doing. I have been a system operator for both so I believe I can make this assumption based on some of my experience.
Each to their own; I won’t try to convince people to change their ways but I have converted a few to Mac and they do agree with me after giving it a try for some time. Stuart if you read this don’t worry I’m not gonna try to convince you nor convert you and I know I threatened to put your picture on here, but I’ve decided to spare you the humiliation *hehe*
Edit: I might change my mind since you seem to be begging for it… :p
The Store
The Store
The Store
The Store
We went to the Dutch pub for a drink… looking for Dutch and extremely expensive bitterballen
We went to the Dutch pub for a drink… looking for Dutch and extremely expensive bitterballen
