backstab said:

"Free" software update. Wow. That's unusual. 
Now can all the little whiney bees go change their diapers?

Withing the whining, who knows when they would have fixed it. (That is assuming this actually fixes it.)

tmay said:.

Apple build a complete store inside a warehouse to simulate an actual store; that was certainly approved by Steve.

That isn't something that is typical, and it was certainly due to Ron Johnson being hired by Steve Jobs, and Steve Jobs certainly had a hand in the design decisions. No one pretends that Steve did it in a vacuum, but he was certainly in charge, so, as they say, the "buck" stopped with him.

Certainly, Apple stores are considered the highest earning by square foot of retail space, so yeah, Apple is a little bit beyond all of the "boutiques" that came before it.

What does that have to do with anything? The headline is bullshit, Apple stores did not *change the face of retail*. At all. Being more successful at using the age-old boutique style store does not make your version new or innovative.

kimberly said:

My headline reads

Steve Jobs changed the face of Apple's retail operations on May 15, 2001

Ah, so all I have to do is to drink the hallucinogenic Kool-Aid and the headlines will make sense? No thanks.

dysamoria said:

GeorgeBMac said:

Life with an Aspergian genius is seldom gentle.

Don't excuse Jobs' behavior by associating him with autism. Having high functioning autism doesn't require being an antisocial, selfish asshole.

I assumed they were talking about JC.

Edit... guess I was wrong. Just read the reply. 

Headlines like this are why people call Apple a cult...

1. Steve was at the helm, but thousands of hard-working creative people at Apple were responsible for the creation and roll out of the Apple Stores. Steve announced it, he even *helped* shape it, but to pretend he did it in a vacuum is an insult to all the people that worked their asses off to make it happen.
2. Not only did Apple not change the *face of retail*, they didn't even come up with a new idea. It is called a "boutique" and it was the norm across many different retail markets from perfume to high-end cars. Apple was the not even the first to apply it to computers. They did it really well, but it was not a new idea.

You know, you can praise the things you like that Apple has done without using hyperbole every time. 

Edit.. I stand corrected, Apple was not the first to apply it to computers. Macxpress brought up "Gateway Country Stores". Apple certainly did it better, and Gateway's lower margins just could not support an upscale shopping experience.