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Apple opened a new retail store in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada this weekend, number six for The Great White North. As usual, we asked any TUAW readers who may have attended to share their reports and/or pictures. So, did you go, and if you did, how was it? Let us know in the comments. Here's hoping you scored a T-shirt!To find out what version of Mac OS you are running, go to the Apple logo in the top left corner, click it and choose About This Mac. From that window you will see the version number, processor, memory and chosen startup disk. Clicking Software Update will check for updates, and More Info... will open up an extensive list of everything on your machine.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Magnificen7 said 7:27AM on 7-04-2008
Uh, the store opens tomorrow. Was this supposed to go up on Monday with all this past-tense language?
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chris Wanja said 7:58AM on 7-04-2008
Umm, it is not opened yet :/
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XIV said 8:08AM on 7-04-2008
I was hoping they would of opened one in Montreal for the iPhone upcoming
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Galley said 8:59AM on 7-04-2008
Is it in the West Edmonton Mall, or is it a stand-alone store?
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AppleGazin said 10:08PM on 2-01-2009
The store is located in Phase 2, not a stand-alone unit. It's a 6,000 square foot rectangular store. they said it was a new design.
I was there for the grand opening this morning and it was awesome. Probably about 1000 in line. AppleGazin'
EC said 9:22AM on 7-04-2008
It will be located in the West Edmonton Mall, it looks like.
It's about time. It seems like the most obvious place in Canada they would've put an Apple Store in.
Now we just need on in Saskatchewan...I can dream, right?
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jlindenbaum said 2:44PM on 7-06-2008
Yeah, right here in Saskatoon, please? Stonegate for the win? PLEASE? Neural Net (our 3rd party dealer) isn't quite cutting it. And the Campus "Apple Store" (Retailer...) is a joke.
Ian said 9:32AM on 7-04-2008
Da** it -- why did this happen just two months after I moved away! I lived less than 5 minutes from West Ed and would have been there CONSTANTLY.
(BTW -- nobody calls it "the" West Edmonton Mall. It's either West Ed or West Edmonton Mall.)
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Shunnabunich said 10:01AM on 7-04-2008
Kinda like how Apple doesn't call it "an" iPhone or "the" iPhone...just iPhone, as if it were a person. :P
Darren said 9:40AM on 7-04-2008
On your way to WEM be sure to stop in at WestWorld and buy an iPod case or something.
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wader said 11:49AM on 7-04-2008
Good luck getting anyone to help you find the cases at WW. There'll likely be about three available and all for out dated iPods.
lmo said 11:53AM on 7-04-2008
And for those NOT in western Canada, WestWorld has been "the" Apple store in western Canada for as long as there have been Apple products to sell. They even called me last week to let me know they have a deal with Rogers, to sell the iPhone thru their store.
Our Apple store hasn't opened yet in Calgary, but I don't need it. I'll just go to WestWorld.
Yuri Walkiw said 12:52PM on 7-04-2008
I hope West World doesn't lose too much business because of this. They have always been great in helping find what I need, and their prices have always been reasonable. Hopefully the market for Apple's has grown enough the the two stores will be able to coexist. BTW, Mr. Caolo, would you link to a video instead of pictures?
Harry said 1:08PM on 7-04-2008
Edmonton has been crying out for a good Apple store in Edmonton for many years...
I won't name names but...
- one store has good service, but a very small product selection (pretty much everything I need isn't in stock, and the stuff that is isn't really able to be tested).
- the other store has a good product selection, but I have found their salespersons less than experts at their product lines, which is probably why they have felt they needed to post here to get customers to still visit their store...
Let's hope the other stores use this as an opportunity to improve their customer service and/or product lines... I do feel bad for them, though if this is a reason for them losing sales.
I would hope the Apple Store would just give Apple and the Mac a better name in Edmonton, most of the good Apple stores closed years ago.
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robb said 1:13PM on 7-04-2008
Bravo. I live in Calgary and I'll probably drive up to Edmonton to go to an Apple store if I need something reasonably big. I've been to the Apple store SF and the experience is night and day with... certain other stores.
When my MBP battery died they didn't even have a replacement in stock! And they don't stock power adapters at all!
Eric Lewis said 2:30PM on 7-04-2008
the other resellers in edmonton are awlfull..
thank god apple is there and will wipe them all away into dust
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ypod said 8:29PM on 7-04-2008
Awlfull? So they were full of simple tools for punching holes in leather. I don't know what retailer you were going to.
Colin said 9:30PM on 7-04-2008
ypod:
Ha! Most amusing, sir or madam!
wader said 12:01PM on 7-05-2008
Nice banter but where are the pictures! Come on people, I'm in the states right now and can't be in Edmonton for the opening. What's it look like?
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AppleGazin said 3:51PM on 7-29-2008
I just uploaded a few pictures.
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