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 Post subject: What the fuck does TONY mean?!?!?!?
PostPosted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:30 am 
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Can tony Apple stores survive a down economy?

Are Apple stores elitist? You bet--and that's not a bad thing. Unless the U.S. economy keeps going south.

How do I know Apple stores are high rent? I live in Southern California, and every Apple store within 50 miles of me is in a tony, upscale neighborhood. A new store, for instance, opened in September near my home in the swankiest shopping center in the area--bar none. No Best Buy, Radio Shack, or Circuit City could touch this real estate.

Ditto for the East Coast. The Apple store nearest the town where I grew up is in one of the snazziest shopping spots in suburban Philadelphia. (The clusters of $40K-$50K cars is a giveaway.)

So, the coolest, hippest, greenest (though the latter is debatable) computer company is arguably the most elitist.

Here's the challenge: As consumers think hard (or not at all) about computer purchases, Apple is going to be more pressed than ever to deliver inspired, compelling designs to keep people flocking to its stores (and flock they still do).

A lot has changed, obviously, in the last six months. Many strips malls are languishing as more and more store fronts go vacant.

Mark my words, the first sign that the Apple strategy is faltering will be the shuttering of shops. It only takes a few closings to get the wrecking ball rolling to other stores.

Remember all those Gateway Computer stores? It started with a few here and there and then everything went all at once. The same thing happened to CompUSA and Circuit City. So, for Apple, the canary in the coal mine are its stores.

Maybe they'll thrive despite the economy. Maybe Apple really is different. Maybe.

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well if you go by context tony means swank and/or trendy
on the other hand you could just fucking google it

but the real question about this topic and article is: who cares?!


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I have plans to set fire to the wrecked husks of every Apple store I can find when they fall apart.

Just remember the bright light indicates that the device is turned off.

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well if you go by context tony means swank and/or trendy
on the other hand you could just fucking google it

but the real question about this topic and article is: who cares?!


I did, I no longer do because stupid results in not giving a fuck.

Tony is a person's name normally followed by things like Danza or Saprano... I think I'm about to veto this country's rights to the english language...

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Tony is a person's name normally followed by things like Danza or Saprano... I think I'm about to veto this country's rights to the english language...

I'd second it.

If the queen isn't on your money, you don't speak English. And Lincoln might have been a queen but he wasn't the Queen.

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I prefer my English to yours but considering how much of a mugger & thief the English Language is, it's surprising the regional/national versions haven't gone completely helter-skelter to the point of incoherence.

As for the currency: The only Queen I would want on my money is Freddie Mercury

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Macs suck


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Tony is a really old word, actually, or at least the word it's based on is. It derives from "ton," meaning fashionable society. It's pretty out of date to go using it in a modern article, though... the only places I've seen it used are books and the occasional movie from prior to 1950 (and in books that are trying to be like the books of a particular author from that era).

As for why anyone should care... who knows? Language is fun, mac stores are a joke.

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We have an Apple store in Australia. We're a real country now!

BRB got to go shoot some aboriginals and then destroy their culture.

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IcyMonkey wrote:
Edible Corpse wrote:
Macs suck


you suck
You both suck so much that you each create a stable orbit of suck around each other dragging entire celestial bodies into yourselves with it.
What I'm saying here is <strike>yo mumma be fat</strike> I suck.

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