I like Best Buy as a retailer of games and music. I even bought my TV there. But I am not thrilled to hear they’re apparently back on the Mac wagon.
Back in ‘98 I bought my folks a Rev. B iMac at the local Best Buy and sprung for the protection plan. It ran like a top for a good two, three years, then one day it gave up the ghost. They took it back to the store with the paperwork. The guys in the store couldn’t fix it, and by that time, Best Buy wasn’t selling iMacs anymore so a replacement Mac system was out.
They gave my Dad a Windows laptop which he eventually returned for a gift card, which I believe he is still running down when the occasion calls. Even though my folks replaced it with a G4 Cube [yeah, it was my idea — at least it still runs], my mom still laments the passing of her little blue iMac. And when it was time to replace Electronic Battle Weapon in 2001, I went to the showcase and bought Hallucination Engine.
My point is that, if this pilot goes national, I won’t buy a Mac at Best Buy unless their prices are killer, and I sure as hell won’t drop for the protection plan. They could change their mind again and I’d be up the creek. Not that a nice loaded Toshiba laptop with a P4M and XP Media Center right about now would really be “up the creek,” but I’m Mac til I die, baby.
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