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August 3, 2006

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Windows on Macs in Apple Stores?

Posted Aug. 3, ’06, 6:13 PM PT by Cyrus Farivar
Category | Apple » Stores

The Back Door reports that some Apple Stores (he doesn’t say where) have Windows installed on the demo Macs in the store. I can see why Apple would want to do this — to entice into the flock those who are not already converted. Has anyone observed this in the wild?


15 Comments

Fiona said:

Yes, at the Moonee Ponds Apple Centre in Melbourne, Australia

August 3, 2006 7:04 PM
Pare; said:

Hi, i just saw one on the CompUSA Store at McAllen, it was an 20' iMac, i remember that my friend call me in the store to see it, i just saw it in the distance, i felt so terrified to see it that i refused to even be close to it!

August 3, 2006 7:26 PM
Philippe Azimzadeh said:

No, actually when I went to my local Apple Store no computers has Windows on them. I asked a vendor why they didn't install Boot Camp on the Intel Macs, and he said it was because it is still beta software.
I guess they could install Parrallels though, since it's not beta.

August 3, 2006 7:32 PM
Eric Asava-Aree said:

I saw it at the UBC Bookstore here in Vancouver.

August 3, 2006 7:36 PM
Justin said:

Just was in the Apple store in University Village, Seattle on Wed, August 2nd. They had a computer set up running bootcamp and Windows XP... but they wouldn't say anything about it. "I can't really talk about it, but feel free to use it!"

August 3, 2006 8:39 PM
Roger Trombley said:

CompUSA had an imac running windows on display in their Chicago store on Sunday.

August 3, 2006 8:59 PM
Kelmon said:

I've not seen it at a real Apple Store (although I've not been to one since March) but I have seen Boot Camp being run at an Authorised Apple Retailer in Antwerp, Belgium, on a 15" MacBook Pro.

August 3, 2006 11:01 PM
Andrew Beavis said:

Yes, at the Chatswood Apple Centre in Sydney, Australia

August 4, 2006 4:14 AM
Juan Luis Vivanco said:

yup, here in chile at maconline they have several mac minis and imac with bootcamp! :(

August 4, 2006 4:59 AM
Anonymous said:

MacCentric in Chatswood, NSW.

Australia.

August 4, 2006 6:39 AM
EmiratesMac said:

Yepp, we've seen BootCamp run on Macs in stores in the UAE.

August 4, 2006 6:55 AM
Patrick said:

It's been on the CompUSA Macs since shortly after Boot Camp was introduced. That's where I first saw it run in person.

August 4, 2006 7:55 AM
Cyrus Farivar Author Profile Page said:

I had no idea! Thanks guys!

August 4, 2006 9:38 AM
Gareth said:

Yeap at Ireland's only apple store on one of the iMacs!

August 4, 2006 12:49 PM
Benno said:

Yes I have seen it at Tuggerah, Australia apple store.... Seems like lots of people have seen macs running windows in Australia...WEIRD!!!!

August 4, 2006 8:41 PM

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