[reboot] Former Apple Store

[reboot] Former Apple Store
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[alternate timeline] Following on the runaway success of their hit home-computer, the Apple II, Steve Jobs opened a chain of 'Apple Shoppes' around the Bay Area where consumers could purchase the latest computers, dot-matrix printers and pre-written programs on floppy disks.

Sadly, the company and their aggressive expansion program did not survive much beyond 1987 after the sudden arrival of computer maker PlexiComp (a spin-off of manufacturer Plexicomp) and their introduction of voice controlled computers, effectively rendering keyboard and mouse interfaced computers obsolete almost overnight.