People waiting in line for iPads at Apple Store in NYCOMG, you guys, the "Resolutionary" New iPad (unofficial name: iPad 3) is coming out TOMORROW, Friday, March 16. Do you know what that means? It means that tons of Apple buffs are currently plotting how they're going to take the day off of work tomorrow, digging lawn chairs out of garages ("I know I've seen that darn thing since the iPhone 4S release ..."), and Google mapping out the fastest route to their nearest Apple store so they can wait in line, starting at 6 a.m. even tonight. Wow ... what a bunch of iDummies.
Listen, I love Apple products as much as the next Mac junkie. I really do. Since 2005, I have owned two iPhones (three if you count the one I bought my fiance for his b-day last month), a MacBook Pro, and an iBook. Being forced to use a PC or anything that doesn't run Mac OS usually makes me ill. But you will never catch me queuing up in front of an Apple store on the day of a new product's release.
Because it's a huge waste of time! First of all, barring media folks who need it to review for their website/magazine/newspaper, I don't understand the impulse to act like cattle just so you can have that next best thing within hours of its release. Is it really going to matter if you get it a few days or a week or two later? No. Furthermore, there's absolutely no reason to get in line at the Apple store when you can even more easily pre-order whatever it is you want online (even from the Apple Store app on current iPhone or iPad!) and have it shipped directly to your house! On the day it comes out, even! So that way, you still have it as fast as all those silly ducks in their crowded row. Duh.
I do get one thing: Some folks must feel like lining up for Apple product is just part of the Mac lovin' "experience." They get to bond with one another and feel a certain sense of camaraderie whilst waiting to plop down hundreds on the latest and greatest iWhatever. To that I say, good for them. But the next time Apple releases something I want to buy, I'll be waiting for the UPS guy from the comfort of my nice warm apartment.
What do you think about the culture of queuing up for the latest Apple product? Have you/would you ever do it?
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Comments 14
I got the original iPad the day it came out. You know how? I pre-ordered and had that sucker delivered to my door. I ran down the stairs when the Fed-Ex guy got there like a giddy school girl. He was very amused and said he'd add it to the list of things that make people run out of their houses like mad people.
Standing in line is just not my deal.
I have not done it for Apple but I have done it for other items....if it is for a deal on it YES but if its just to be one of the first to have it.....NO!
ha ha nice...id preorder as well if i wanted and could afford it
If the wait is longer that the wait in line for the average movie, I will not stand in line.
P.S. Especially not for an Apple product. You couldn't give me one of those.
I have done it for other items. I love apple products but not going to wait in line :)
I've never done it and don't see the point either! As much as I'd love one, I wouldn't line up for it.