Only because of the state of tech stores in Boston, if I needed something that wasn't Apple (gaming mostly) they were the only other tech store I could reasonably walk or take the train too. Microcenter isn't super close to a train station.
Beats the one closest to Philly, which was a decent drive out of town.
Fry’s is either always going out of business (Palo Alto) or always out of stock of whatever I need.
Now with Microsoft gone, that leaves us Best Buy, Central Computer, Fry’s, the internet, and Apple.
I also liked that their staff seemed more like regular kids rather than “cool” kids, but maybe it’s a misreading.
The Microsoft Store in Boston would regularly hold Halo tournaments and similar events later in the day.
However I am torn on being so near Apple Stores. I feel like it caused them to choose worse locations. In Boston, Apple has their 3 story street level location, while Microsoft was across the street but hidden in a mall.
I can't think of an event where I needed to go to the Apple store and would have been able to go to Microsoft Store instead.
More, I am just sad to be loosing one of the already very few tech stores we have in Boston.
Though, I guess now I look back on it fondly.