Comments on: Microsoft is Late to the Party – Again

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 18 May 2011 21:50:13 +0000

Instead of going off on non sequiturs and shoot-the-messenger rants like the other commenters, I will answer the question asked.

I would want to hang out at an Apple Store, hands down! The Microsoft Store was chock-full of non-working demo models and half-baked attempts at new products.

For crying out loud, they had on display a touchscreen tablet with a mouse and a keyboard! The designs feel cheap and you feel like you are getting ripped off walking into a store that you know is a direct knockoff of the Apple Store that literally sits across the mall.

Until the haters realize the value of attention-to-detail, design perfectionism, and user experience, they will continue to be bewildered by the success of brands like Apple.

PS. I’m also a PC user who wishes Microsoft didn’t suck so much.

By: Servo

Servo — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 21:41:21 +0000

I believe Susan Gunelius is a PC Hater. I’ve read multiple articles that she has written on news about Microsoft. No one cares if you hate Microsoft or not. Tell that to somebody else lady. Your job is just to report that Microsoft has created Microsoft Stores and again just report that Microsoft plans on changing the name for netbooks–not go on and on about how much you hate Microsoft. And then you expect people to blog on this article? How can there be bloggers’ opinions be honest when you’ve written such a biased article? I mean the message in your articles involving news about Microsoft is very bias: the articles scream ANTI-MICROSOFT and Microsoft=Negative. Give you bloggers an opportunity to take their own stand before convincing them that Microsoft sucks compared to Apple. Amen.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:22:56 +0000

I’m pretty sure that was because of an antitrust suit brought against Microsoft by Apple. I’m not sure that your point is valid.

I’m pretty sure there are already Microsoft stores. They are called Best Buy.

By: Roger Feldman

Roger Feldman — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:53:43 +0000

People forget or don’t know, that Microsoft once saved Apple’s “bacon”.. I wonder if Steve J. would have done the same if the roles were reversed, or would he just have had his PR dept. make fun of misfortune… As I recall, this was at the time a big embarrassment for Apple..

http://aroundcny.com/Technofile/texts/tec081097.html