Originally Posted by Professor Yaffle
Has anyone ever seen a free machine at an Apple store - the one in Regent Street is always chock full of Gypos and foriegn students using the place as a free internet cafe. Cant beleive Apple dont take a harder line with people who clearly have no intention of spending their cash...
I actually think that's a brilliant move from Apple. A lot of people are intrigued by the idea of having a "cooler" laptop but are afraid that MAC OS is going to be completely different. When they let people freely use their machines, with the applications most of them are going to be using, they can see that it is in fact a very friendly OS. For this to work, you cannot select who can use it and who can't. People that are there only to check their mail or surf the web (myself included several times) are part of the cost to Apple. And who knows, maybe they will convert also.