I am actually quite surprised by this news item. I've thought Best Buy already sold Apple PCs because there's a Best Buy that opened here in Shanghai several months ago and they already have quite a huge Apple section. I must also add that these Apple machines seem to sell quite well too!

Best Buy Canada has been selling Macs for a long time too. It seems only the US was left out.

What happened in the states was apple deiced it could make more money selling directly. It was major event. Local partners sued apple. They were told over night nope, you cant sell apples any more. They said this all to but a few select retailers. The mom and pop stores that sold only apples got screwed.