They could simply create a user account with limited access and then have the system boot to that account by default.
That wouldn't prevent someone from rebooting from a CD and reinstalling software or resetting the password, but it wouldn't be easy to prevent that on a Mac (too bad you can't password protect the BIOS like on a PC).
But you can, easily. OS X has always had this feature. Many high schools use a firmware password to prevent the kids from booting from DVD to change the Admin password, booting into single-user to tear shit up, holding down Option to boot from an attached disk, etc. All of those can be disabled in the firmware settings.
There are various levels of security that the firmware allows. One of the features is that a firmware password can be required to change these settings.
There is of course a way to bypass it (you can't have a lock that the owner of the machine can't unlock), but that is left as an exercise for the reader.
They could simply create a user account with limited access and then have the system boot to that account by default.
That wouldn't prevent someone from rebooting from a CD and reinstalling software or resetting the password, but it wouldn't be easy to prevent that on a Mac (too bad you can't password protect the BIOS like on a PC).
Yes, Apple has spent years building a super advanced operating system and killer hardware, but forgot to include a firmware password.
Or maybe they have had that feature for more than a decade. Hmmm?
if any of you have ever stayed at the westin in chicago they already have imacs in every room. its pretty simple. they let you use photobooth and stuff and it just gets wipped out by the maid i guess.
This is amazing. Las Vegas has (will soon have) THREE Apple stores and all (ALL) of Europe has one?????
Wow
Who is planning Apple's global strategy?
It's no wonder that Apple has such a small market share internationally?no stores?no translations of the slick adverts that work so well in English-speaking countries?basically a lack of marketing presence. I went to Rome's store (which has the only Apple store on the continent) two weeks ago; I took the metro to the end of the line, then a bus for half an hour, then hoofed the last mile and a half to the Rome Est mall to a store vastly oversized for the volume of traffic that I saw on that particular day
The "mall strategy" that works so well in the States, where everybody has a car, isn't as effective in countries where the centre of a city is often its hub of commerce. Will somebody please whisper in Steve's ear that he needs to hire someone with expertise in high-end boutique sales in Europe, e.g., Mont Blanc, ideally Swiss (they generally speak German, French, and English as minimums, and often Italian and as well).
Three stores in Vegas?
Ooh. I didn't know that about the Vegas stores... May as well take advantage of the no state tax. They'll be popular.
This is amazing. Las Vegas has (will soon have) THREE Apple stores and all (ALL) of Europe has one?????
Wow
Who is planning Apple's global strategy?
It's no wonder that Apple has such a small market share internationally?no stores?no translations of the slick adverts that work so well in English-speaking countries?basically a lack of marketing presence. I went to Rome's store (which has the only Apple store on the continent) two weeks ago; I took the metro to the end of the line, then a bus for half an hour, then hoofed the last mile and a half to the Rome Est mall to a store vastly oversized for the volume of traffic that I saw on that particular day
The "mall strategy" that works so well in the States, where everybody has a car, isn't as effective in countries where the centre of a city is often its hub of commerce. Will somebody please whisper in Steve's ear that he needs to hire someone with expertise in high-end boutique sales in Europe, e.g., Mont Blanc, ideally Swiss (they generally speak German, French, and English as minimums, and often Italian and as well).
This is amazing. Las Vegas has (will soon have) THREE Apple stores and all (ALL) of Europe has one?????
Wow
Who is planning Apple's global strategy?
It's no wonder that Apple has such a small market share internationally?no stores?no translations of the slick adverts that work so well in English-speaking countries?basically a lack of marketing presence. I went to Rome's store (which has the only Apple store on the continent) two weeks ago; I took the metro to the end of the line, then a bus for half an hour, then hoofed the last mile and a half to the Rome Est mall to a store vastly oversized for the volume of traffic that I saw on that particular day
The "mall strategy" that works so well in the States, where everybody has a car, isn't as effective in countries where the centre of a city is often its hub of commerce. Will somebody please whisper in Steve's ear that he needs to hire someone with expertise in high-end boutique sales in Europe, e.g., Mont Blanc, ideally Swiss (they generally speak German, French, and English as minimums, and often Italian and as well).
Three stores in Vegas?
They go where the money is being spent.
I did think that Apple had several more stores in Europe though,
Then it's even more stupid to spread them all in the UK and it only emphasizes their lack of translations in their marketing strategy....
The UK certainly are not the biggest market in Europe especially if you combine France, Germany, Spain & co
You think you know more about their marketing, and where their customers are, than they do? There are, no doubt, good reasons for doing what they do. I don't pretend to understand how they figure this out, but it's pretty clear that they find the UK to be more lucrative than the continent at this time.
It's also likely that it's easier to open stores in the UK. The rules are closer to what they are here.
I'd like to know the breakdown of sales, country by country, there. I don't remember Apple doing that in the quarterly reports.
This is a retail chain that sells just apple, and they're doing a good job at it. They offer crash courses for pretty much everything Mac related and take the edu discounts et all. They're probably very closely tied to Apple.
I'm pretty sure retail chains like this exist in other countries too. Apple won't compete with these guys.
This is amazing. Las Vegas has (will soon have) THREE Apple stores and all (ALL) of Europe has one?????
Wow
Who is planning Apple's global strategy?
It's no wonder that Apple has such a small market share internationally?no stores?no translations of the slick adverts that work so well in English-speaking countries?basically a lack of marketing presence. I went to Rome's store (which has the only Apple store on the continent) two weeks ago; I took the metro to the end of the line, then a bus for half an hour, then hoofed the last mile and a half to the Rome Est mall to a store vastly oversized for the volume of traffic that I saw on that particular day
The "mall strategy" that works so well in the States, where everybody has a car, isn't as effective in countries where the centre of a city is often its hub of commerce. Will somebody please whisper in Steve's ear that he needs to hire someone with expertise in high-end boutique sales in Europe, e.g., Mont Blanc, ideally Swiss (they generally speak German, French, and English as minimums, and often Italian and as well).
Three stores in Vegas?
What???? There are 4 Apple stores and combined service centers in Helsinki alone. There is even one retail store that sells Apple products. Not sure where you are getting your info from but you are wrong.
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You don't know much about Macs, do you?
They could simply create a user account with limited access and then have the system boot to that account by default.
That wouldn't prevent someone from rebooting from a CD and reinstalling software or resetting the password, but it wouldn't be easy to prevent that on a Mac (too bad you can't password protect the BIOS like on a PC).
But you can, easily. OS X has always had this feature. Many high schools use a firmware password to prevent the kids from booting from DVD to change the Admin password, booting into single-user to tear shit up, holding down Option to boot from an attached disk, etc. All of those can be disabled in the firmware settings.
There are various levels of security that the firmware allows. One of the features is that a firmware password can be required to change these settings.
There is of course a way to bypass it (you can't have a lock that the owner of the machine can't unlock), but that is left as an exercise for the reader.
You don't know much about Macs, do you?
They could simply create a user account with limited access and then have the system boot to that account by default.
That wouldn't prevent someone from rebooting from a CD and reinstalling software or resetting the password, but it wouldn't be easy to prevent that on a Mac (too bad you can't password protect the BIOS like on a PC).
Yes, Apple has spent years building a super advanced operating system and killer hardware, but forgot to include a firmware password.
Or maybe they have had that feature for more than a decade. Hmmm?
Logging in to .Mac
Logging in to Me? Sounds crazy!!? It would confuse people.
you can put a password on that.
Guess he doesn't know much about Macs.
This is amazing. Las Vegas has (will soon have) THREE Apple stores and all (ALL) of Europe has one?????
Wow
Who is planning Apple's global strategy?
It's no wonder that Apple has such a small market share internationally?no stores?no translations of the slick adverts that work so well in English-speaking countries?basically a lack of marketing presence. I went to Rome's store (which has the only Apple store on the continent) two weeks ago; I took the metro to the end of the line, then a bus for half an hour, then hoofed the last mile and a half to the Rome Est mall to a store vastly oversized for the volume of traffic that I saw on that particular day
The "mall strategy" that works so well in the States, where everybody has a car, isn't as effective in countries where the centre of a city is often its hub of commerce. Will somebody please whisper in Steve's ear that he needs to hire someone with expertise in high-end boutique sales in Europe, e.g., Mont Blanc, ideally Swiss (they generally speak German, French, and English as minimums, and often Italian and as well).
Three stores in Vegas?
Ooh. I didn't know that about the Vegas stores... May as well take advantage of the no state tax. They'll be popular.
Wow
Who is planning Apple's global strategy?
It's no wonder that Apple has such a small market share internationally?no stores?no translations of the slick adverts that work so well in English-speaking countries?basically a lack of marketing presence. I went to Rome's store (which has the only Apple store on the continent) two weeks ago; I took the metro to the end of the line, then a bus for half an hour, then hoofed the last mile and a half to the Rome Est mall to a store vastly oversized for the volume of traffic that I saw on that particular day
The "mall strategy" that works so well in the States, where everybody has a car, isn't as effective in countries where the centre of a city is often its hub of commerce. Will somebody please whisper in Steve's ear that he needs to hire someone with expertise in high-end boutique sales in Europe, e.g., Mont Blanc, ideally Swiss (they generally speak German, French, and English as minimums, and often Italian and as well).
Three stores in Vegas?
This is amazing. Las Vegas has (will soon have) THREE Apple stores and all (ALL) of Europe has one?????
Wow
Who is planning Apple's global strategy?
It's no wonder that Apple has such a small market share internationally?no stores?no translations of the slick adverts that work so well in English-speaking countries?basically a lack of marketing presence. I went to Rome's store (which has the only Apple store on the continent) two weeks ago; I took the metro to the end of the line, then a bus for half an hour, then hoofed the last mile and a half to the Rome Est mall to a store vastly oversized for the volume of traffic that I saw on that particular day
The "mall strategy" that works so well in the States, where everybody has a car, isn't as effective in countries where the centre of a city is often its hub of commerce. Will somebody please whisper in Steve's ear that he needs to hire someone with expertise in high-end boutique sales in Europe, e.g., Mont Blanc, ideally Swiss (they generally speak German, French, and English as minimums, and often Italian and as well).
Three stores in Vegas?
They go where the money is being spent.
I did think that Apple had several more stores in Europe though,
We do know that several have been planned.
This is amazing. Las Vegas has (will soon have) THREE Apple stores and all (ALL) of Europe has one?????
Wrong. There are 16 Apple Stores in the UK alone. 1 in Italy, and many more planned. Facts. Help.
The UK certainly are not the biggest market in Europe especially if you combine France, Germany, Spain & co
Then it's even more stupid to spread them all in the UK and it only emphasizes their lack of translations in their marketing strategy....
The UK certainly are not the biggest market in Europe especially if you combine France, Germany, Spain & co
You think you know more about their marketing, and where their customers are, than they do? There are, no doubt, good reasons for doing what they do. I don't pretend to understand how they figure this out, but it's pretty clear that they find the UK to be more lucrative than the continent at this time.
It's also likely that it's easier to open stores in the UK. The rules are closer to what they are here.
I'd like to know the breakdown of sales, country by country, there. I don't remember Apple doing that in the quarterly reports.
Wrong. There are 16 Apple Stores in the UK alone. 1 in Italy, and many more planned. Facts. Help.
And Belgium already has pseudo-Apple stores.
http://www.switchshops.be/
This is a retail chain that sells just apple, and they're doing a good job at it. They offer crash courses for pretty much everything Mac related and take the edu discounts et all. They're probably very closely tied to Apple.
I'm pretty sure retail chains like this exist in other countries too. Apple won't compete with these guys.
This is amazing. Las Vegas has (will soon have) THREE Apple stores and all (ALL) of Europe has one?????
Wow
Who is planning Apple's global strategy?
It's no wonder that Apple has such a small market share internationally?no stores?no translations of the slick adverts that work so well in English-speaking countries?basically a lack of marketing presence. I went to Rome's store (which has the only Apple store on the continent) two weeks ago; I took the metro to the end of the line, then a bus for half an hour, then hoofed the last mile and a half to the Rome Est mall to a store vastly oversized for the volume of traffic that I saw on that particular day
The "mall strategy" that works so well in the States, where everybody has a car, isn't as effective in countries where the centre of a city is often its hub of commerce. Will somebody please whisper in Steve's ear that he needs to hire someone with expertise in high-end boutique sales in Europe, e.g., Mont Blanc, ideally Swiss (they generally speak German, French, and English as minimums, and often Italian and as well).
Three stores in Vegas?
What???? There are 4 Apple stores and combined service centers in Helsinki alone. There is even one retail store that sells Apple products. Not sure where you are getting your info from but you are wrong.
The UK certainly are not the biggest market in Europe especially if you combine France, Germany, Spain & co
Thats true! And, to further your logic, California is not their biggest market in the US if you combine Texas, New York, & co!
So AI is becoming a reprint of MacRumors now, I see.
I always thought this was MacRumor's Mirror site ...
Thats true! And, to further your logic, California is not their biggest market in the US if you combine Texas, New York, & co!
Well that would depend if you count people or let the Supreme Court decide ...
I like your thinking
or if they won't let you have that...
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