Fair Oaks, Va. Apple Store ready to open

Alas, alack! A new store opens within walking distance, and yet it's one of the four days in the year that my company does inventory. Oh, the tragedy. ...Guess, I'll just have to wait till Sunday. Woe. (really though, I'm okay with it...)

--Josh in Greenville

You might not have to wait long. Apple Stores seem to be popping up like Starbucks (used to).

I don't see the problem with the two-hour trip to Charlotte. You used to live here. You know that we don't drive places in the DC area; we just sort of exchange parking spaces until we get there. Two hours is about as long as it would take to get to the Mall Formerly Known As Montgomery from Fairfax City, plus you'd have scenery!

Before long, there will be an Apple section in the Best Buy section of the Apple Store.

Man...the one thing I miss about living in the DC area was how many Apple Store options there were. They were everywhere and even had their own section in Best Buy. Now, down here in Greenville, SC there's not even an Apple section in the Best Buy! It's so sad, the closest is Charlotte, NC which is two hours away! And I'm not even going to get started on those who think I should go to Charleston. Please Apple, bring one of your beautiful stores to the Greenville area, I'm going through withdrawals!

I might add that I've been waiting for the Fair Oaks store for two years. The only one that's feasible for me to get to, from a traffic and gridlock standpoint, is Tyson's, and even that takes advance planning. I've had to sneak out of work early on Tuesday or time myself to leave after rush hour and arrive before closing. Not fun when you have to see a genius about a problem.

Fair Oaks Mall is definitely much more accessible to those of us who live west of it.

(Tuesday is generally the slowest day in retail and a great day to go shopping.)

I can walk to the new store from my house. Can't wait.

The store is definitely in Fair Oaks Mall in Fairfax Virginia, at the intersection of I-66 and US Route 50. I've seen it under construction.

I wonder why they don't correct the map? If you head out westbound I-64 from Richmond, you might find an apple store in an apple grove, but not an Apple Store in a shopping mall.

Wow. Now that I already have one of everything Apple makes, they put a store near me. Bastards.

Yay! I can't wait for the one in DC to open!

Um...TUAW...when they refer to Fair Oaks....they are referring to Fair Oaks, in Farifax County, VA...more than likely....I wonder if it's in the mall or in the strip mall where CompUSA was.

Um... actually, it's Fair Oaks Mall in Fairfax, Virginia; not Fair Oaks, Virginia. Point your Google Map at the intersection of Routes 66 and 50 outside of Washington, DC.