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Will they let you screw around at the Apple Store ?

post #1 of 27
11/17/01 at 8:00am
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I am wondering if I could go to the apple store, with some movies on my iPod in hand, plug it into a SuperDrive G4, screw around with Final Cut Pro and iDVD, and make a DVD and leave?

I would probably end up buying a pack of Blank DVD's, but other than that, I would be using their computers for free.
So, can i do that without being kicked out? I was there a week ago and just played with FCP and no one cared, but this is for actuall y doing things and not playing around. please reply <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
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post #2 of 27
11/17/01 at 9:47am
[quote]Originally posted by Nebagakid:
<strong>I am wondering if I could go to the apple store, with some movies on my iPod in hand, plug it into a SuperDrive G4, screw around with Final Cut Pro and iDVD, and make a DVD and leave?

I would probably end up buying a pack of Blank DVD's, but other than that, I would be using their computers for free.
So, can i do that without being kicked out? I was there a week ago and just played with FCP and no one cared, but this is for actuall y doing things and not playing around. please reply :confused: </strong><hr></blockquote>


of course... they may even give you the DVD-R
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post #3 of 27
11/17/01 at 10:01am
I dont think they'll give you a free DVD-R. Dont they cost $10 a peice?
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post #4 of 27
11/17/01 at 10:21am
[quote]Originally posted by MajorMatt:
<strong>I dont think they'll give you a free DVD-R. Dont they cost $10 a peice?</strong><hr></blockquote>

they've been known to do it on occasion. especially for demonstration purposes
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post #5 of 27
11/17/01 at 10:29am
[quote]Originally posted by MajorMatt:
<strong>I dont think they'll give you a free DVD-R. Dont they cost $10 a peice?</strong><hr></blockquote>

They did cost $10 a piece. However, the price is now $30 for a 5-pack, so it's $6 a piece.
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post #6 of 27
11/17/01 at 8:28pm
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are you sure they won't mind?
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post #7 of 27
11/17/01 at 9:04pm
no, just tell them you want to try out some stuff on the new macs to see how it goes and do it.

believe me, they have enough macs in the place.
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post #8 of 27
11/17/01 at 9:38pm
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So, it would be like.... Excuse me, may I use your computers to make a DVD, dont worry, i already have all the media on this iPod(This shows them that I am big spender), and I would be glad to buy some media
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post #9 of 27
11/17/01 at 9:42pm
[quote]Originally posted by Nebagakid:
<strong>So, it would be like.... Excuse me, may I use your computers to make a DVD, dont worry, i already have all the media on this iPod(This shows them that I am big spender), and I would be glad to buy some media</strong><hr></blockquote>

yea.

you'll never know until you'll try but from most people I have talked to they are pretty cool with everything and any ideas.

I even heard that one guy was unsure if he would like the software he was buying so the apple rep offered to open it and install it on a mac to let him use it. which he did.
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post #10 of 27
11/17/01 at 9:55pm
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that is pretty ¿wild. If y'd like to see the movie i am trying to get out there on see here:
<a href="http://homepage.mac.com/vsp1/movies/iMovieTheater5.html" target="_blank">La Pomme</a>.

<img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" /> edit:: Maybe if they asked why, i could reply with :"my PC friends don't think iDVD 2 can do all I say it can, so they told me to do this DVD to prove it to them.!"

[ 11-18-2001: Message edited by: Nebagakid ]</p>
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post #11 of 27
11/18/01 at 11:36am
It's really awsome that Apple lets you do stuff like that at the store. That's what makes Apple so cool.
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post #12 of 27
11/23/01 at 9:00pm
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yeah, I called the Apple Store and actually asked them:

The guys said I could make a DVD as long as it "did not take too long".

So, HEY! This is gonna be great!
word :cool:
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post #13 of 27
11/24/01 at 2:23am
Well, they let me root their machines with them bearing witness. They don't worry too much. If somebody wipes their HDDs, they'll probably blacklist the customer. The human brain is remarkably good at remembering faces.

They wipe the ghost the computers every night.
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post #14 of 27
11/24/01 at 3:06am
[quote]Originally posted by Nebagakid:
<strong>are you sure they won't mind?</strong><hr></blockquote>

Look at it this way kid. They give 10 people a $6 DVD R and sell one of them a G4 QuickSilver because of it. Good return on their investment if you ask me.
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post #15 of 27
11/24/01 at 4:11pm
[quote]Originally posted by Eugene:
<strong>Well, they let me root their machines with them bearing witness. They don't worry too much. If somebody wipes their HDDs, they'll probably blacklist the customer. The human brain is remarkably good at remembering faces.

They wipe the ghost the computers every night.</strong><hr></blockquote>

I heard that they restore every mac's hardrive every night so I guess they really don't care what you do to them. is this true?
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post #16 of 27
11/24/01 at 5:16pm
[quote]Originally posted by applenut:
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I heard that they restore every mac's hardrive every night so I guess they really don't care what you do to them. is this true?</strong><hr></blockquote>

I doubt they do that because that would erase the demos and music in iTunes and everything and I don't think they'd spend all the time restoring things to the way they were.
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post #17 of 27
11/24/01 at 5:19pm
[quote]Originally posted by EmAn:
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I doubt they do that because that would erase the demos and music in iTunes and everything and I don't think they'd spend all the time restoring things to the way they were.</strong><hr></blockquote>

I think it's then by the server in the store at night. at least that's what I had heard. perhaps it just deletes and additions from the previous day and restores what's missing?
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post #18 of 27
11/24/01 at 8:07pm
Yeah, I guess that's possible, applenut.
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post #19 of 27
11/24/01 at 11:13pm
[quote]Originally posted by Eugene:
<strong>Well, they let me root their machines with them bearing witness. They don't worry too much. If somebody wipes their HDDs, they'll probably blacklist the customer. The human brain is remarkably good at remembering faces.

They wipe the ghost the computers every night.</strong><hr></blockquote>

They wipe the ghost the computers every night? What does that mean?
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post #20 of 27
11/25/01 at 1:33am
Er, They wipe/ghost the computers every night was what I meant to say. They have several preconfigured disk images for each of the different displays.

They probably use Apple Software Restore to do it too. It's not that hard. Let's say each nightshift employee has a section to maintain. They each have several CDs...complete disk images, mp3s for the iTunes music library, tutorials for iDVD/iMovie...

[ 11-25-2001: Message edited by: Eugene ]</p>
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post #21 of 27
11/25/01 at 7:41am
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Would'nt it be easier if they used a network script.

Like, the applescript would know if it is late enough, then it would tell the server to get the file ready and then re-install the whole lot!
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post #22 of 27
11/26/01 at 1:17pm
About the wiping of the hard drives, it couldn't hurt to ask.

I did ask. The Genius said that each computer has its own FireWire HD with a disk image on it.

The disk image is a restore image and is overwritten on whatever is there. It doesn't take any supervision. Plug the drive in, start restore, unplug when it is done.
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post #23 of 27
11/26/01 at 7:03pm
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Put Apple to the test, they come through with flying (but not flying windows) colors
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post #24 of 27
11/28/01 at 3:53pm
The only problem with doing it over the network is bandwidth. We're talking about several dozen computers grabbing data over thin net or over wireless. The process would take much longer...you wouldn't want to oversee this as a night-shifter. You'd be there till opening hours.
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post #25 of 27
11/28/01 at 6:26pm
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really? that does not seem right
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post #26 of 27
11/29/01 at 12:38am
[quote]Will they let you screw around at the Apple Store?<hr></blockquote> There might be complaints issues with public indecency; please check your local town and county ordinances. However, robots are typically exempt from said restrictions. The obvious solution is to be a robot.

[ 11-29-2001: Message edited by: Lucky ]</p>
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post #27 of 27
11/29/01 at 2:49pm
Yep. You can go screw around. Just yesterday I was there for about 3-hours when my cable service went down. I brought my TiBook in and surfed for a while. When asked "can I help you" I simply replied no thanks, I am just dinkin' around on the internet since my connection went down, he laughed and went on to help another customer. A few days prior I got to talking with a genius and he mentioned a job at the store that will be opening in the coming weeks and that I should put in an app. Who knows, I just might get a job there as long as I don't get booted out for not buying anything. LOL. I practicaly bought the store when it first opened, so I don't think that will happen any time soon.
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