Microsoft To Go Retail?

Word from the rumor mill is that Microsoft is going to open its own chain of retail stores. The details end there, but I’m pretty you can come up with your own speculations regarding what the stores will contain.

Like Apple’s Genius Bar, Microsoft will staff its stores with experts to help customers with questions and problems. Obviously, any Microsoft store would be much more software based than an Apple store, which gets so much foot traffic due to it being a showroom as well as a mini internet café. I’m not sure what Microsoft has got to draw that many people in, but who knows, maybe they have an ace up their sleeve.

Aside from the Windows operating system, Microsoft is known for the Zune and Xbox. You can expect those to occupy store shelves should the rumors prove to be true. Considering that it has other hardware projects in the pipeline like the Surface computer and Center for Information Work, going retail is a logical move. It will allow Microsoft to set up running product demos round-the-clock without having to pay for showroom floor space.

Source: Gizmodo

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