Apple Store redesign in the works

The Stanford Shopping Center Apple store has looked like this for almost a year.

My two Apple stores in CO (we have 3, but I can only speak for these two) Aspen Grove & Cherry Creek have both removed the theatre. In its place is the expanded Genius Bar. Then, iPod accessories took over where the genius bar was. I'm sad, I always thought the presentations and lectures would be a good thing to send my Bro-In-Law, Father-In-Law, Friends, Co-Workers to as they are all getting ready to replace win machines in the next year or so with Macs. I wonder if they can still do presentations in any way?

I was at the Columbia, MD opening this weekend (I too got a t-shirt ^^ - but arriving at 8am was enough to be among the first 100, let alone 1000, people in line). I unfortunately don't have many pictures - mall security threatened to confiscate any cameras, video or otherwise, in accordance with mall policy. I will say, however, that there was an iPod focus, with a dedicated table front and center plus a bar along one wall with several various iPods and headphones for listening. The next table past that had a bunch of the external speaker offerings.

#12, i just went to the apple store here in columbus, oh, and realized they took out the whole big screen/theater thing. the genius bar is now located on that back wall (much like the pic in the first post), with additional iPod accessories and notebook bags to the right of the bar (former location of the genius bar). maybe apple realized that the auditorium/theater wasn't utilized enough to warrant taking up the space.

My local Apple store in Frisco, TX did away with the mini-auditorium recently. Are other stores doing the same?

You guys are nuts! :)

So is my wife, actually. She's been having problems with her new MacBook (her first Mac) so she set up a Genius Bar appt for 10:20am... on opening day. She told me about it at 9am and we got in line at 9:45.

We were near the back of the line, but we still got shirts :)

#8 email me taubut@gmail.com and ill send you the program, its really small

#6 were you the one interviewed by Channel 10?

If so:

http://www.phantomriders.com/wereontv2.jpg

If so I was right next to you, my bro and friend were the ones there at 5am.

#6 I'm intrested in that program you snagged. With the buttons in the middle.

I was at the Providence opening yesterday. Quite a crowd. Personally, I didn't like the design of the store. Seemed really cold and soulless. In the end the design doesn't matter. An ugly design won't stop people from shopping there.

As an aside, a group by me was talking to one of the mall employees. Apparantly there was a water problem at the store, so before opening the store was cleaned with lots of bottled water. She also mentioned that one of the performers from American Idol, which was in Prov the other day (I don't watch the show, I don't know the names) was let into the Apple store a day early to get a new power adapter.