Why Windows RT tablets are failing

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I brought this up several months back myself. The displays for Apple's products are always clean, brightly lit, the devices are charged, the table has no clutter, etc. Everything else is pretty much in a heap on a different table. Presentation is a powerful thing.

which is what they learned at the microsoft store...
 

gus6464

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Good thing I have a MS store in my city because I can never see myself buying a computer at BB again. Even buying a dishwasher was a painful experience at BB.
 

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I don't want to ask a shop assistant for help, I want to try out the hardware with as little fuss as possible. my happiest shopping experience is when the shop assistants stay out of my way, but stay somewhere visible so that if i have a question, i can find them easily.

You've pretty much just described an Apple store. A Best Buy is pretty much the exact opposite of that.
 

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people lock iPads too. BB usually puts a password on their laptops/tablets now to prevent people from altering stuff, but when people shut off the screen the password prompt comes back up. hence, ask the BB employee to unlock it...

but i do agree, it's seriously annoying when a BB employee is just dicking around when 90% of the laptops are password locked.

Now I've not used windows 8, but on a mac you can lock all the settings so you cannot change anything, but you don't need a password to log in to the computer, couldn't they do something similar on windows computers. Then you wouldn't need to track down anyone.
 

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Apple has a pretty pro demo version of software that they install on floor models. There are custom versions of many of the apps so you can play around but nothing will get broken. One thing I saw was that on iOS a custom Facebook app replaces the real Facebook app. It works just like normal but it is really just a dummy account with fake friends and updates so people can still "use" the demo models but don't have to log in.
 
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Apple has a pretty pro demo version of software that they install on floor models. There are custom versions of many of the apps so you can play around but nothing will get broken. One thing I saw was that on iOS a custom Facebook app replaces the real Facebook app. It works just like normal but it is really just a dummy account with fake friends and updates so people can still "use" the demo models but don't have to log in.

but i love people who login! like the people who login to their Google accounts at the AT&T store and I buy random apps for them...