Knoxville gets an Apple Store

Only 3 Apple stores outside the US (Tokyo, London .. Paris I think).
Not worth it? We even have to pay MORE ...

I was the 20th person in line at the Knoxville opening. Also the first person at the genius bar. I hadn't been to a apple store in awhile and was disappointed to find out that the red phone had been removed.

Born and raised in Knoxville, it's great to see West Town Mall get an Apple store. The third largest city in the state of Tennessee, Knoxville isn't all that big as large cities go.

An Atlanta resident for 11 years, my family still resides in Knoxville. My parents recently bought a Dell, even though my mom longs for another Mac. Had the Apple Store existed in Knoxville, I'll bet there'd be an iMac in my parents den instead.

Apple has come a long way, but I still get a lot of grief from friends & coworkers over my Macs. I've been loyal over the years with a Quadra, PowerMac 7200, iMac G3, and two G4 iBooks. Add in a Message Pad 2000, iPod mini, and Apple monitors & printers.

I have to be a little different...there's an iBook on my desk & a turbo-diesel VW in the driveway.

Go Apple!

We have three Apple stores within about 7 miles (in Northern VA) for all the good they do. Not a one of them is accepting reservations to the Genius Bar unless you're a Pro Care member, and so even though my Mac Mini was purchased at the Apple Store and is still under warranty, Apple has told me to take it to... wait for it... CompUSA to get it fixed.

It is about time K-town got an apple store. I am also glad to see that TUAW had a right up on it. I loved the whole atmosphere of the opening. I met alot of interesting people and really enjoyed knowing I was in company of fellow people who could call the selves, "We, THE HARDCORE!" It was great to realize that one isn't totally alone in their obsession of the beauty and brilliance Apple exudes. I hope everyone else was as pleased as I was. The best part was the employess giving us all fives as we entered. It was one of the coolest things I have ever been apart of...And BTW I love the article, very well written.

I don't see CompUsa even advertising Macs anymore in the Sunday advertisements.

Right about the time Best-Buy started testing out full-line Apple sales.

Knoxville has needed one forever! Joshua, aren't the 2 Macs on display in the bookstore in the KUC at MTSU (murfreesboro TN) enough for the 20K+ students :-)

LOL

You know, CompUSA may have carried the Mac during some dark days in Apple's history, but MCS has been here since almost the beginning of Apple.

The CompUSA in my town (Ann Arbor MI) has excellent employees in their Apple section. There is a full-time Apple Specialist, who works for Apple, assigned to that store also. They are much more friendly and helpful than the ones in the long-time local Apple-Authorized-Repair place in town (where I never shop because they are so un-helpful). They are in regular contact with the user groups in the area. There sales are great. We alsohave 2 Apple stores within driving distance (25 and 35 miles), so they are not exactly close, but the experience is also great. I am worried about the CompUSA, though, because there is a Best Buy right next to them in the same parking lot, and I read that Best Buy will now also be selling Apple computers. .

i went to compusa the other day... the 2 guys manning the apple corner were just two idiot college kids baked out of their minds. it was funny, but they didnt answer my question. damb.