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<sigh> I wish they would get an Apple store in Toronto.  Oh well. . .

hey man! another KC guy! where are you? Im in leawood! FINALLY AN APPLE STORE! i was just thinking today " why dont we get one!! "

YES YES YES. Hey dude, we'll have to go to the grand opening!

DEFINATELY! There seems to be quite a few KC-area folks around here on the MA Forums. We could make the Chiefs and Royals fans jealous by "tail-gateing" in the parking lot several hours before "game time!"

I'm in Olathe. I generally hit the Apple dept at MicroCenter; I HATE CompUSA! I thought I put my location in my Profile. I'll have to double check that.

edit my illiterate grammer.

yea, MicroCenter is my mac place at the moment, but I go to CompUSA if I dont feel like driving the extra 15 min to 95th St. This will be tite, any idea where exactly its going? we need more information hmmm...

I've been surfing for more info and have come up empty. Apple's May 20th press release specified Tokyo and Chicago, but no mention of KC although it does say that 20 new stores are planned. Maybe KC is among them?

Oh, not to get too far off topic, but have you ever attended any of the MacCORE MUG meetings? I've been meaning to for several years but never seem to get around to it. They were written up on Apples MUG page.

greetings and salutations fellows.

i live in OP and an apple store would be pretty cool, but why don't you guys just hang out at MacHardware?

seriously, it's just like an apple store, but it's an authorized reseller.

located in mission, just off johnson drive (on martway).

go in anytime, play on all the new machines, all hooked up to the internet and with all kinds of custom audio setups. i'm in there like once a month just to play around on everything.

here's a link to 'em http://www.machardware-kc.com/

Wow, this is creepy. A lot of Kansas/Missouri people here! 

I live in "Hooterville" (it's in the KC area, just my nickname for this particular town) and yes, I would be DELIGHTED to have an Apple Store in the area!

I'm from Glendale California (born and raised), and moved to Hooterville a few years ago. It reallly griped me that one of the first Apple Stores was in the Glendale Galleria, which was one of my favorite haunts when I was in Glendale. Well, I did drop by the store when I last visted L.A. It was nifty. A store here as well would be exceedingly nifty! I so hope it's true!

edit: I was just in the Microcenter today, as a matter of fact. I bought a KVM device so I could share a montior between my G4 and a PC. (I upgraded my PC--need it for an important class.) The Apple section of Microcenter seemed kind of sparse, so I asked the salesguy in the Apple section if that "meant" anything. (As in, was it a bad thing?) He assured me that no, it wasn't bad, it just meant that Apple was slow in sending new stuff out. He said that they've renewed their contract with Apple (or is it Microcenter) for another year. Renewed it with someone, anyway.

The two CompUSAs (the one in Overland Park and the one in Independence) are not very fun. The salespeople scurry away, in an earnest attempt to avoid contact with customers. Still, they are better than nothing, I suppose.

deadmanwalking,
what is yer beef?

i have bought all my macs from them for the past four years.

lionel is a champ at procuring my hardware.
yan fixes anything and everything.

i freaking love these guys.

um...
i mean, i don't work for them or anything, but i think MacHardware would do the best job at the best price.

if you want, i could call lionel and tell him that you are coming in with yer rig and he could give you some VIP action on those upgrades.

if you are serious, lemme know, designteam@unresort.com

deadmanwalking,
what is yer beef?

i have bought all my macs from them for the past four years.

lionel is a champ at procuring my hardware.
yan fixes anything and everything.

i freaking love these guys.

My gripes are minor. I brought an older iMac(333) in there to get looked at. They said my logic board needed to be replaced, but it seems once I stuck a new HD in it worked just fine. My brother brought his powerbook there. They had his computer for a week or two and did nothing or couldn't figure out what was wrong. I'm still not sure what was wrong with that powerbook  but we never could reinstall an OS on it without getting an error.

Hey hey, I used to be an OP resident before I headed down to Tulsa where I'm in college at the moment (summer school and all). Man, that just figures that they'd open a store up there once I'm gone. I hope they do though, it would be mighty sweet!

Next they need one in Tulsa, OK!...yeah right...


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I'm from Glendale California (born and raised), and moved to Hooterville a few years ago.

Why on earth would anyone move from Glendale to Kansas City?!

Westport and BBQ

I'm from Glendale California (born and raised), and moved to Hooterville a few years ago.

Why on earth would anyone move from Glendale to Kansas City?!

Westport and BBQ

AMEN to that.
1. Gates
2. Jack Stack
3. Arthur Bryant's

I'm in KC too, in the Northland.  If an Apple Store were to come to KC, I really hope they don't put it out in the JoCo boonies, but rather on The Plaza.  Of course, putting it in Zona Rosa, which would be close to me would be wonderful, but I think The Plaza would make more sense.  It has the upscale atmosphere Apple looks for and its centrally located, as opposed to Lenexa.

As far as my Apple needs, I go to CompUSA or MacHardware.  I like the atmosphere of MacHardware and its closer to me than getting out to the OP or Independence CompUSA's.  I've also found the pricing for some accessories at CompUSA have been marked higher than Apple's own MSRP.  For instance, when I was looking for the DVI to ADC adapter, it was $25 more at the local CompUSA's than it was listed on Apple's own site.  I ended up going to MacHardware and paying the same price (MSRP) that Apple listed on their website.