To Onso, i seriously think the harsh personal criticism was uncalled for... Your exaggeration was also a bit too much, the thread-starter did not have dots after each and every word... His sentences were definitely fragmented, but not to the point of becoming incomprehensible... i've definitely seen worse...

Anyways, were you one of the persons queuing up in line during the Sunway Pyramid machines launch?? I'm not sure about the adverts in the papers, but machine's website clearly states that the RM99 Shuffle promo starts at 2.00pm... Why would u pity those who lined up early?? Like it or not you would still need to come early to be the first 30 in line, right?? It's a normal and totally acceptable marketing technique, building up a line outside the store especially during peak hours would attract attention.... Nobody's forcing them to line up, if you have a problem with lining up just go straight to the counter, pay RM349 and get the same thing! Nobody's forcing anyone, and nobody's stopping anyone!

If you're talking about an official Apple Retail outlet with genius bars, glass staircases & stuff, I'm sure it won't happen anytime in the near future... Malaysia doesn't even have its own online store, and without it being set up first there's a weak probability that retail outlets would be set up coz Apple won't simply jump into under-established markets... Even Hong Kong, Singapore & Australia don't have Apple retail outlets yet (there's gonna be one in Sydney, but the launch is only expected to be middle of next year)... There's no harm wishing though, coz we never know what Apple's marketing people have up their sleeves... This link might interest you...

The best that we could ask for for the time being is that more and more resellers open up, as it'll increase competition between them... The only thing that differentiates them is the level of customer service, in-store promotions & discounted pricing... Increased presence of resellers is already a good indicator of Apple products being more widely accepted by consumers... Most major malls in the Klang valley already have resellers, and there's quite a bit of concentration along the Bukit Bintang stretch (LYP,Lot10,Pavilion).... Even Singapore doesn't have three resellers on the same street Hopefully Apple will notice this and pay more attention to our country