I bought a house (again) last Friday and went to see some shops today with my girlfriend at the local mall.
We we looking for some Wok cooking books and went to Fnac, which happens to be one of Portugal’s biggest Apple retailers.
Right next to the Apple zone it’s the kids zone and what do I see in a small “kids” table with small “kids” chairs? A pair of iMacs. What really got my attention was when I saw a kid playing Solitaire. Wait, but OSX doesn’t come with Solitaire… what gives?! You guessed right, it was running Windows! I went to check the other iMac and it was also running Windows. Not running Solitaire, but with a visible Windows desktop.
Want it with a cherry on top? On the side of the iMacs there was a flyer with something like “With support from Apple IMC Portugal”.
Now, who decided to promote Macs running Windows? Fnac? IMC? Does IMC know this is happening? Does Apple know?
I do hope that the upcoming Apple company in Portugal will actually take care of the retail business.
The portuguese companies handling Apple are a shame to the Apple’s brand.