With the opening of the new Apple Store in Shadyside we knew we had to be amongst the first to enter. We left our place around 7:30am to get in line for the 10:00am opening of the store. As we pulled onto Walnut Street we saw the line was about 75 people deep. "Not too bad," I thought to myself. I then saw my brother sitting on the curb, already in line, near the start of the line. Score.
I parked the car in the parking garage and headed back to the store. Between driving past and parking, some friends had showed up and taken their place in line with Dan. We were about 30 people from the start of the line. We stood and talked and drank coffee while waiting for the store to open. Many people walked by and asked why we were waiting in line. We made it clear that it was opening day, but they still didn’t understand. There was a rather humorous conversation between a jogger and Steve at one point. The jogger insisted he didn’t see the allure of waiting in line to go into an Apple Store (of all things). Steve came back with "If this was a jogging store you know you’d be first in line." The delivery was perfect. We laughed long and hard about that one.
The Apple workers kept coming out of the store and walking down the line trying to get everyone cheering and whatnot, which worked to a degree. The biggest problem was that many of the people had been standing there for upward of two hours. People were certainly getting tired and the sun was getting hotter.
At 10:00am, after a small welcome speech from the head manager, the doors opened and they let in about 75 people. We went straight to the iPods and picked a 20gb model for Bridget (4th generation!) and a warranty card for it. We filled out all the sweepstakes cards and checked on the cases for the iPods. I spent a good amount of time at the Genius Bar getting a replacement for my iPod headphones which had separated at the split. Things were a little rocky since I was the first customer for the guy that helped me, but all in all I was just happy to get new headphones for free. Thank goodness for the one year hardware warranty.
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p>We made a morning of it by going to Crepes Parisienne after our Apple Store visit. Nothing beats that place for tasty breakfast. We all sat with our merchandise and our free t-shirts and decided that we would probably be back to the Apple Store within the next week. I can’t wait until they get they new 4th generation accessories in stock. Bridget wants a pink case for hers. I just want to go and drool over the equipment. Check out all the pictures here.
tres chic… Next to the Rite Aid. Sweet. So Dave, you gonna let Bridgey play with her iPod?
Word…. So, I’m thinking about selling my powerbook so I can get a new iMac … JUST KIDDING! 😛
… can’t wait to come down and visit again and check out the new store. I wish I could have made it down today, but instead I had to stand out in the blistering sun filming Juniata get thromped. I don’t even remember the score but it was somewhere in the range of 40-something to shit.
return of the mac… i am confident now that this, combined with your offer of assylum from my parents’ house in the way of a place to stay, will help me convince steve to visit the iron city area again someday. “see, steve, it can be like a religious retreat–you can visit the local church and stay with other apple-heads.” i’m excited for you guys–especially you, miss iPod 20! yay! 🙂
dude!… I am soooo excited! We have been charging the iPod so I can play with it this afternoon. I’ve got my eye on either the pink cover or this purple one that glows blue in the dark. Oh. Yeah.
whee!… Bridgey, I’m glad you got to play with it. I know how excited Dave gets about gadgets! I was worried for you. I especially love the “new member of the family” photos.
oops… umm, Dave, is there anyway you could put a spellchecker on this thing? I feel so mortified by my spelling mistake and do you know what sucks? I can’t go back and fix it! It haunts me! Haunts me, I say!
I suppose…… … I could look into a spell checker. I’ve seen some cool preview scripts as well. Spell checking is a little more difficult though since it requires a dictionary and whatnot. I’ll see what’s out there though.
The 4th generation iPods are sliiiiiick. I’m pretty impressed so far. I’m not sure how I feel about the move back to a ‘moving-parts’ styles click wheel. We’ll see what happens down the road with that decision.
General Comment… Ahh, and the spellchecker would be you, which functions just as well. Thanks for fixing that howling error. I am looking forward to coming up and meeting the newest member of the family. Have you named it yet? See you soon!
Testing the comment system… test tes test. One two… three…?
Preview enabled!!!… Got the new preview system working! I think it looks pretty cool. I can’t guarantee that it will work in Internet Explorer and frankly I don’t care. It works in Safari and Firefox, so that’s all I’m interested in. Game Over.
whee!… Two Words, “Dave rules.” This thing does work in IE. The only reason I know this is because I am using it in my SpEd Computing course. PCs! ack! drowns in her own misery
I [heart] PCs… not because they are in any way better than macs–oh, no, they’re inferior for sure–but i can use PCs without thinking about things, and with the Mac, i have to figure out how to do everything little, like tab in a document and move around my online crossword puzzle. does that make me left-brained or right-brained or lobotomized, i don’t know.
I [heart] PCs… not because they are in any way better than macs–oh, no, they’re inferior for sure–but i can use PCs without thinking about things, and with the Mac, i have to figure out how to do everything little, like tab in a document and move around my online crossword puzzle. does that make me left-brained or right-brained or lobotomized, i don’t know.
Comfort Zone… Loving a PC is like being in a bad relationship. You’re just too comfortable to leave for something better, shinier, and new. I know, it’s scary going out there into the MacWorld and leaving everything you know behind. Let it go! You have a total support group out here for you. Come to us, Kristan. We are waiting for you.
Chemical Dependency… A quote from Slashdot: Using Windows is like buying random illegal drugs on the street to treat a headache
General Comment… Nah. Even Steve agrees; when I replace my fan-whirry laptop someday, it should be with another PC. He has seen the Mac-frustration. I don’t disagree–Macs are better in every way. But they give me headaches only an illegal street-drug can cure.
General Comment… Sellouts! I love you guys anyway. And hey, if you need something to cure a headache, I’ll teach you how to make a Phospate Soda when I come back west (or you east). They are all the rage here in C-Town. Not to mention they clear my migraines right up!