SLIDESHOW: Apple Store vs. Microsoft Store
For most of the last decade, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) was the only major tech company with hundreds of retail outlets worldwide.
That changed after Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) started opening a series of retail outlets nationwide. Now the Windows maker -- along with Apple rival Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) -- is opening stores-within-stores at numerous Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) locations.
Last week, Microsoft opened its first store in Metro Detroit and another in Indianapolis.
How do these stores -- which sell Windows-based PCs and tablets from a variety of manufacturers, including Asus, Lenovo and Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) -- compare to Apple's retail outlets? Click through the slideshow to find out.
Louis Bedigian is the Senior Tech Analyst and Features Writer of Benzinga. You can reach him at 248-636-1322 or louis(at)benzingapro(dot)com. Follow him @LouisBedigianBZ
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