Abandoned Apple Store in Kuwait
unex-t.comThe photos appear to have been taken in January of 2005
From the photographer: "I passed by an old Apple Store today. I used to pass by this store back when I was still in highschool. I used to admire the macs they had on display and always beg my parents to buy me one.. which they never did. Surprisingly the store hasn't changed much. It was freaky checking out the place from the outside. It's as if the shop was stuck in its own time-zone. The shop seems to have been closed ages ago. A thick layer of dust sits on top of everything. What struck me the most though were the "Think Different" banners. They're gorgeous and seeing them in the store window gathering dust and being unappreciated pissed me off. The place felt like a graveyard. In a way it was, the rainbow logo, the beige machines, the old Think Different banners, the Garamond typeface, etc. That's the Apple that existed when I first started using Macs, and its all gone now. On a brighter note, I read that an Official Apple Store will be opening in March here in Kuwait. That should prove to be interesting. More pictures [here]"
Source: http://www.miskan.com/2005_01_01_archive.html
From a commenter: "I used to work at this shop in 1995 or so. The shop didn't look any different when I used to work there. It's right across the road from the Meridien hotel, with lots of expensive designer shops in the ground floor and such."
> "I used to work at this shop in 1995 or so...."
Dating the shelf stock via the "Video Fusion Version 1.5" seems to indicate it's from 1993. Of course I'm not sure how fast stock rotated through a reseller in Kuwait in the early 90s
g4 quicksilver is from late 2001
To be fair, it's an abandoned reseller.
Wow, they still have the software boxes sitting on the shelves, still in shrinkwrap? That store is a veritable time capsule, no doubt filled with collectors items!
I'm pretty sure that one of the pictures has a PowerMac 7500 in it.
http://www.unex-t.com/applestore/index-Pages/Image16.html
I owned one and thought it was a great mac at the time. Bought it used from work. With the CPU boards I was able to upgrade it a couple times. Believe I put in a 603, dual 604e and finally a G3.
Wow that really brings back some memories. I feel like I am at high-school again in the 90s.
Was this a knockoff store? Regardless, would have been pretty cool to see in its prime.
A lot of countries still don't have official Apple stores. Authorized Retailers (which are still a thing) make up for it.
Probably a local reseller.
Look at those ports! Not a single USB-C in sight!
Someone should go in there and get those posters from the "Think Different" campaign. They're collector's items!
There's probably a house down the road from you with similarly valuable stuff, no need to go to Kuwait!
Hot tip - Art museum traditionally can't afford the security to value ratio of their goods.
They are often orders of magnitude off. Check out smaller ones who have had significant donations from rich people due to their ties to where they grew up.
That's not an Apple Store