Apple planning replacement for California "mini" Apple Store

Most Apple stores are spacious, but there are some older locations that are teeny, tiny mini-stores. Many of these smaller stores were opened in 2004 and need a facelift. According to ifoAppleStore, one mini-store in Santa Rosa is moving to a new location that'll give it six times more space than it currently has.

The Santa Rosa Plaza store is 450-square feet and badly needs this extra space. Photos of the location show employees helping customers on the mall benches and customers lined up in the mall hallway, waiting for service. The increase in sales and support requests for Apple products makes it difficult to keep these smaller stores. Four of the original nine mini-stores have expanded into larger locations, and it's only a matter of time before the remaining stores move to a bigger and probably better place.