Happy Tuesday,

We are full speed ahead preparing our newest store in the Mall of New Hampshire in Manchester, NH, for our most important asset—you, our customers. Katie sent a report to the company with a near-final layout, and I’m getting ready to order repair benches, electrostatic discharge (ESD) equipment to keep your iStuff safe in repair, cabinets, tools, chairs, software, shelving, and everything needed to ensure our new store has an efficient facility for our customers. Kerry has been a huge help in coordinating these interviews around everyone’s schedules.

Our experience honing our second store, in South Burlington, VT, is informing the decisions we’re making in this new location. There is a ton to figure out logistically, and I can’t wait to meet with the best applicants to Manchester technical positions in the coming week. It’s hard to believe the South Burlington store opened almost four years ago; we’ve all learned so much and continue to learn every day.

Apple announced refreshed iMacs, Mac Pros, a new trackpad, a revolutionary battery charger, and a gigantic 27-inch Cinema Display. If you were tiring of your year-old Mac Pro, take comfort that the new models are available with up to 12 cores and are good for 50% higher performance than the last generation. Solid state drives are now available in the Mac Pro as well as in the iMac. Now is a great time to think about trading in your old computer!

As always, thanks for reading, and keep in touch.

Matt
matt@smalldog.com