Comments on: Meet Apple's version of Deadheads

Die-hard fans camp out on Fifth Avenue for two days so they can be there when the flagship store opens.
Video: In line for Apple

[Joe Blow]

So, _That's_ Where ...

the escapees from the Jonestown massacre and the followers of the Baghwan Rajneesh have been hiding, all this time! The divorced guy with the son had better hope his ex-wife doesn't find out about their activities, or she'll get custody even if she's in jail - this would be slam-dunk evidence of psychotic behavior that's not conducive to the well-being of a minor, that any first-year law school student could prove. Having said that, I do own my very own T-shirt from the opening of the store in Emeryville, CA, from a couple of years ago, but I got there as it was opening, got my T-shirt, signed up for the prizes (and won the privelege of providing some marketing database some pretty hilarious demographic data, if anyone bothered to actually read it), salivated over the new 17-inch PowerBrick, and then exited, Stage Left, rapidly even, to resume my life, already in progress. I will be in the NYC area in July, and will drop in just to see the new store, among a bunch of other things, like visiting my sister.

It looks like there's a cylindrical glass elevator shaft in the middle of the spiral staircase, but no one seems to have noticed and commented on that. It would be really cool if the circular elevator platform (it's actually the floor of the "car") were pushed up on a column of air from below, and I think that would actually be feasible, with big enough fans hidden underneath, but I'm sure that OSHA and a phalanx of lawyers made sure there's at least a hydraulic piston pushing up the enclosed "car" from below. Still a pretty cool elevator, in any case.

Oh, yeah, and I think they're actually supposed to be selling something in the store, but I wouldn't be buying anything there - who can afford NYC and state sales tax?!?

All the Best,
Joe Blow

[rockinphotognyc]

Newsflash

The sales tax in Emeryville, Ca according to CNN 1995 was 8.7%.
NYC sales tax is 8.375%. maybe you should be buying more stuff
here.

[JackfromBerkeley]

Back then we had Jerry Garcia to hear live

Hey Ipod enthusiasts. We used to listen to music at the same
time as a bunch of other folks. We'd all be within earshot. The
music got each of us, and the effect of all of us feeling the same
thing made for a stronger, more intense feeling of that same
thing.

The Dead were better than you can ever know. Jerry was beyond
gifted.

Them Ipods hold lots of songs, but I have about a thousand
Dead whole shows on tape, and each version of each song is
different.

The Grateful Dead lets you download their entire body of live
work. The recording quality blows away all my tapes. A show
might take up a gigabyte but it's worth it.

[assman]

you sound like my dad (seriously)

my dad is a huge deadhead. his collection includes hundreds of tapes and (more recently) hundreds of cds.

he listens to one everyday. even the ones with crappy audience recordings..

then it grew one me. i'm a big grateful dead fan now. jerry garcia has made incredible music on his own also.

[john55440]

Not To Be Confused With Apple's Version of Jehovah's Witnesses -lol

And no, I'm not flying to New York, just to throw stones at Apple'glass house. :-)

[CBSTV]

Firsthand accounts?

Okay, let's hear from some of the 1,500 people who were in line
Friday afternoon.

[J.G.]

Bitten by the Apple Store

The last time I went to an Apple Store opening, I intended to just
score one of the free tee shirts and enter the drawings. Though I
already owned a two-year old PowerBook G4, I ended up leaving
that Apple Store opening with a brand, spanking new PowerBook
G4. Some of those people dropping by will be dropping bling. It
is a seductive experience.

[danielwsmithee]

True That!!

The last time I went to an Apple store opening it was just for a T-
shirt. I brought my wife along. Let's just say she fell in love with
the 20" iMac and we came home with it. Yes I do think these store
openings cause people to spend money that otherwise would not
have.

[James P. Larsen]

Time-lapse photos of opening

Apple has posted time-lapse photos of the first 24 hours of the
store opening taken by a camera outside the store. It's pretty
interesting. The camera starts at 5:00 PM when the store opens
and the line doesn't peter out until around 1:00 AM. Then it
starts up again late the next morning.

Since the photos were posted as they occurred during the 24
hour period, there were more than a few 'posers' who went down
to stand around in front of the camera. One fellow even used the
camera to make a marriage proposal by holding up signs (just
after sun-up around 5:30 AM). Best of luck to him!

To stop the action, just click on the photo. To start it up again,
double-click.
http://www.apple.com/retail/fifthavenue/

JPL