OT- Mac store vs. Microsoft store

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Casual observation:

We were at the fancy outdoor mall in Austin this evening and we walked past the Microsoft store.

5 doors down we passed the Apple store.

You judge:

Microsoft- 4 employees, 2 customers


And now the Apple store: (on a wed night)





Wow

henapple

Kool-aid baby. ..kool-aid.

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Crazy. On a lighter note, I had a killer Proscuitto wrapped pork tenderloin that was meat glued so tight it was like a potato chip on the outside. Delish.

JRWhitee

Apple stores are always busy when I walk by or into.

Mickey

If that is the Domain we were in Apple at 1:10 today. Linda hooked up 8.0 and 8.2. Her damn iPad is having major problems. Bet there were 100 people in there.

henapple

They're trying to unload the i0s8... )

Mickey

Your food is killer man

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Mickey- yes. And that was at North right across the street. I never stopped to think all those people were there for tech support )

hapster

The food looks great... I'm an Apple gadget guy; and a PC computer guy...

The Cen-Tex Smoker

I highly recommend North at the domain. Great restaurant and one of my favorites in austin. Rustic italian. Get the pork tenderloin.

caliking

What was it served with besides the broccolini?

The Cen-Tex Smoker

caliking said:

What was it served with besides the broccolini?

great northern beans and a tomato jam (for lack of a better word- no gelatin but reduced and a little sweet) of some sort. It was killer. The beans were simple but really great. The pork was brined and cooked medium rare. Perfect. And for $22, there was a lot going on with the one. I'll be recreating this one ASAP.

The Cen-Tex Smoker

And there were actually 3 medallions on the plate. I ate the other 2 and thought it was so good that I should take a pic for you guys. I had to push all the beans around to fill up the plate to make it look somewhat legit.

hapster

Looking forward to your egged take on it...

The Cen-Tex Smoker

hapster said:

Looking forward to your egged take on it...

me too. It will probably be TFJ though. She is the brine/meat glue specialist but I'll egg it after she does heavy lifting.

hapster

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

hapster said:

Looking forward to your egged take on it...

me too. It will probably be TFJ though. She is the brine/meat glue specialist but I'll egg it after she does heavy lifting.

Yep... My wife does the heavy lifting in this partnership; nothing at all to do with cooking or shopping )

Skiddymarker

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

And there were actually 3 medallions on the plate. I ate the other 2 and thought it was so good that I should take a pic for you guys. I had to push all the beans around to fill up the plate to make it look somewhat legit.

We are a shallow bunch, impressed with a staged non-egged meal - still, it looks pretty nice. 

nolaegghead

That tenderloin dish was obviously concocted by a mac user.

SGH

@nolaegghead‌
You are a computer guru. That said which is best? Apple or non Apple? I was a huge Apple fan until the ios8.0.2. download. I'm now concidering jumping ship. You thoughts my friend?

nolaegghead

@SGH - I'm Apple with OSX - I have 3 Macbook pros and one mini.  Haven't had the pain of the IOS upgrade because I use Android with my phone.   I'm thinking about that iPhone 6 plus big mutha flippah.  But there's no right or wrong.  Whatever you're comfortable with. 

SkinnyV

Returned my iPhone 6 today.
The apple store here was packed too with 80% of the people at the genius bar or getting some kind of help on existing stuff.
But yeah much busier than the MS store.
I will be trying the Nokia icon which is a windows phone.

nolaegghead

The apple store is extra busy with the recent release of the new phone line...this is not typical.

@SkinnyV - what's the problem?

SkinnyV

No problem , gave the iPhone a try after being with blackberry/android for phones the last few years.
I have a Mac mini and enjoyed apple devices in the past , but overall I didn't care for the phone, the OS or the overall feel of the phone.
Camera was top notch and I will miss that.

JohnInCarolina

nolaegghead said:

The apple store is extra busy with the recent release of the new phone line...this is not typical.

To a degree that's true but I've observed this same thing at other times.  Windows just hasn't developed anywhere near the same customer base for their various electronic products.  They have a great deal of catching up to do when it comes to a store like this.

The Cen-Tex Smoker

This store is always like this. The Apple stores in Austin are where the hipster apocalypse will begin. If you held up a razor and a bar of soap in there, the place would empty in seconds.

The Cen-Tex Smoker

SkinnyV said:

Returned my iPhone 6 today. The apple store here was packed too with 80% of the people at the genius bar or getting some kind of help on existing stuff. But yeah much busier than the MS store. I will be trying the Nokia icon which is a windows phone.

I know where you buy a windows phone with no waiting...

Hotch

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

This store is always like this. The Apple stores in Austin are where the hipster apocalypse will begin. If you held up a razor and a bar of soap in there, the place would empty in seconds.

@The_Cen-Tex_Smoker Now that's funny!!

SkinnyV

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

SkinnyV said:

Returned my iPhone 6 today.
The apple store here was packed too with 80% of the people at the genius bar or getting some kind of help on existing stuff.
But yeah much busier than the MS store.
I will be trying the Nokia icon which is a windows phone.

I know where you buy a windows phone with no waiting...

Me to, bought one on swappa for the wife got it in 2 days no issues. Decided to buy another one on swappa the first transaction was so smooth and what do you know scammed.
Now have a PayPal claim never got the phone no response but they "sent it".

Zmokin

I'm a PC dude.  Why?  Because my employers have always been using PC's and so I am not about to try learning a different OS and software at home than what I have at work.  It's bad enough having to relearn software when they go through a major upgrade and what I used to know how to do is now different, but no way do I want to deal with two different computer operating systems and software.

henapple

Try the Samsung Note...

DieselkW

Macintosh, my first computer was an APPLE II, with those big floppy discs back in 1984.

I use a PC at work. Clunky, stubborn, prone to every virus outbreak and the worst customer service Bangalore has to offer.

I like the way Apple computers just work. Day after day, no malicious software to worry about, all my programs work together.

Programs for PC (and Android) have to have code written for each and every platform and computer manufacturer. What works on a Dell might not work as well on a Samsung. Same with the phone, apps have to be heavily laden with millions of lines of unnecessary code so they'll work with all the different manufacturers of Android phones. 

Apple software works on Apple computers and phones. No burdensome extra architecture to accommodate software written for other computers.

Apples are far more reliable, require far fewer IT guys to support, and the store is crowded because of demand, it's not a reflection on the operating system.