[brokecollegestudentF04]

So i was at walmart about 10pm last night and there were people waiting for vista.. about 20 people in the line.. A sign said only 15 copies avalible.. How Crazy Is this

[Kerrigan]

I can understand super-nerds camping out for consoles, but camping out for Windows is pure nihilism.

[brokecollegestudentF04]

I agree.. I mean come on now vista is just insane.. Id camp out for leopard though.. The bf and I camped out for a wii.. but when 2 soccer moms offered us 150 bucks each for our places in line and vouchers.. i said screw it we dont need one now

[pyrite]

that's very, very sad

[slpdLoad]

It must be pretty bad when you have nothing else to do but stand at a Walmart and wait for an operating system to come out.

It's not even something that will be low in supply. They just have to make disks and stick them in boxes.

[Velocity211]

Originally Posted by brokecollegestudentF04 

I agree.. I mean come on now vista is just insane.. Id camp out for leopard though.. The bf and I camped out for a wii.. but when 2 soccer moms offered us 150 bucks each for our places in line and vouchers.. i said screw it we dont need one now

lol, i'm gonna get in line for the next time something big is released just for this to happen

[himself]

I would've just stayed home and downloaded it...

[Kenneth]

Yup. People waited outside of BestBuy last night. There was BBQ and and one of the Seahawks' footballer was there too.

I camped out for Panther and Tiger before.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by himself 

I would've just stayed home and downloaded it...

No these are true geeks. They probably have it already installed.

[Jim_MDP]

C'mon people... If you had been stuck with 10.1 for the last four years and Tiger or even Panther were coming out, you don't think you would be chomping at the bit to get a copy?

[Kevin]

Nope I'd have gotten it illegally then waited for the hub-bub went down and bought it.

[Railroader]

Originally Posted by Jim_MDP 

C'mon people... If you had been stuck with 10.1 for the last four years and Tiger or even Panther were coming out, you don't think you would be chomping at the bit to get a copy?

If I had used Win ME I would have switched to OS 9 for the rest of my life and been happy.

Luckily I switched when Win95 was still the thing.

[Gossamer]

Bah. I've had vista for months now. They call themselves nerds?

[brokecollegestudentF04]

ill camp out for leopard in front of the apple store

[Gossamer]

Nerd.

[Dark Helmet]

Gee sorry I missed the party. Looks like it was a hoot.

[Jawbone54]

There were about 15 people in front of Best Buy this morning right before it opened. I was needing to pick something up, so I just watched them from my car. They tried to get the door to open before the employee finished rolling up the metal gate.

[GSixZero]

I bought Tiger online and then UPS guy woke me up on launch day to deliver it. Why wait in line?

[Jawbone54]

Originally Posted by Dark Helmet 

Gee sorry I missed the party. Looks like it was a hoot.

http://i.n.com.com/i/ne/p/2007/Vista-Mad_2-005_550x413.jpg

Look at how dirty his screen is.

[Dark Helmet]

Holy crap he totally looks like Salty in the olden days!

[Kerrigan]

For some reason I thought that picture of Salty was Mindfad. I had to look at it for a few seconds to realize who it was.

[Dark Helmet]

Originally Posted by Kerrigan 

For some reason I thought that picture of Salty was Mindfad. I had to look at it for a few seconds to realize who it was.

I'm sure they get that a lot.

[Stogieman]

Originally Posted by Dark Helmet 

Gee sorry I missed the party. Looks like it was a hoot.

LOL! Anyone else notice the MacBook poster in the background.

[Kerrigan]

Reminds me of the fat guy in the Subway commercials.

[Stogieman]

Actually, he looks like he could be Bill Gates & Steve Ballmer's secret love child.

[Kerrigan]

So in other words, based on these comparisons, he looks like the Nerdy Every-man

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by brokecollegestudentF04 

So i was at walmart about 10pm last night and there were people waiting for vista.. about 20 people in the line.. A sign said only 15 copies avalible.. How Crazy Is this

Pff, what a bunch of losers.

I mean, come on, they should get a life and hang out at MacNN 24/7 and bicker about any- and everything.

Uhm, no, wait, nevermind

-t

[Dark Helmet]

Originally Posted by Kerrigan 

So in other words, based on these comparisons, he looks like the Nerdy Every-man

Well ya but they have to be porkers with weird smiles also.

We got high standards here.

[besson3c]

Apple sauce... hehehehh!!!! I get it... Apple sauce!!

You don't have to chew apple sauce!

[volcano]

You're laughing now, but just WAIT until the iPhone is released. Oh. My. God. That WILL be madness. Guaranteed.

But waiting in line for Vista? Seriously? That's like waiting in line the day before McDonalds released their "all white meat" chicken nuggets or waiting for the next generation chia pet outside of Walgreens before they open at 7am (unless it's a 24 hour location, of course). Like someone said earlier... it's not like buying a Wii, PS3, or iPhone... it's a box with a disc in it. They'll have PLENTY of supply within the next week.

[brokecollegestudentF04]

Ill camp out for the iPhone and sell my spot in line like I did for the Wii

This whole camping out crap for consumer goods is just getting stupid.

When did this paradigm shift happen? It really seems that nowadays, it is expected and planned that lines will be created days and weeks before something as trivial as a game system, doll or movie tickets are released. Plus, the retailers and manufacturers seem to take this as expected and encouraged behavior.

[Oisín]

Camping out for something that you’ll be able to buy regularly in a few weeks, tops, is just ridiculous.

I’ve camped out exactly once in my life: when they opened a new Apple Centre here in Copenhagen, and they had tons of amazing (but very limited) offers. Well, ‘camped out’—we got there at around 6:30 AM, the store opening at 10 AM. We managed to get one of the lower-profile offers, a MacBook about $400 off (some of the best ones were MacBook Pros and Mac Pros at about $1,000 off!). If we hadn’t spent those four hours there, we’d have had to pay an extra $400; that, in my book, is worth waiting a bit for. Just to get something first isn’t.

[Cody Dawg]

We were at Costco last night and as we walked in there was a display area with boxes of Vista...next to boxes of the iPod (video) and Nano. Two people were buying the iPod video and no one was even looking at the Vista.

[mac128k-1984]

Originally Posted by brokecollegestudentF04 

I agree.. I mean come on now vista is just insane.. Id camp out for leopard though...

emphasis added
And waiting in line for Leopard is any different

Just as insane as waiting for Vista.

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by Cody Dawg 

We were at Costco last night and as we walked in there was a display area with boxes of Vista...next to boxes of the iPod (video) and Nano. Two people were buying the iPod video and no one was even looking at the Vista.

Hey Cody, welcome back.

-t

[Dakar²]

Holy crap

[Eug]

1) Didn't the stores open at 12 am for Vista sales?
2) Didn't the stores offer free swag just for showing up? I note that some people went just for the swag, without any intention of getting Vista at all.
3) I camped out for the opening of the first Apple Store in Canada. Oh wait, no I didn't. I did go the next day though and when I saw the line was too long, I just went for a coffee and then shopping elsewhere for a little while before I came back.

[Cody Dawg]

Hi turtle:

Thank you.



I think the Apple Era is here to stay, what we all wished for over the years, and Jobs is responsible for it. He's a true American success story. Microsoft had their time and now it's Apple's turn.

[Kerrigan]

I wonder if hookers have figured out how much business they could get if they started hanging around these geek camp-outs. If people are that desperate for Windows, imagine how desperate they must be for girls.

[imitchellg5]

They'll get over Vista in a few days I'm sure. Running it right now. It sucks.

[Dakar²]

Originally Posted by Kerrigan 

I wonder if hookers have figured out how much business they could get if they started hanging around these geek camp-outs. If people are that desperate for Windows, imagine how desperate they must be for girls.

I'm pretty sure alot of people in this thread don't have to 'imagine'

[kmkkid]

I remember getting up really early and waiting for the mall to open for XPs release. To my surprise I was the only one there But:


I BOUGHT THE FIRST COPY !!!!!


Yes, I was a windows geek at the time Something I'm not proud of.

[Eug]

Geeks don't need prosties. Just give them a 3D rendered version and they'll be happy.

[Dakar²]

Those nerds and their dino porn...

[Severed Hand of Skywalker]

I know the possibilities are endless with all the opportunities in that nerd pic. The chick in the background seems rather into dino porn also.

[Dakar²]

Yeah, I noticed that after I posted the pic, too.

Edit: The way its cropped it looks like Jurassic Park meets Psycho.

[Naplander]

Lol

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by Cody Dawg 

Hi turtle:

Thank you.



I think the Apple Era is here to stay, what we all wished for over the years, and Jobs is responsible for it. He's a true American success story. Microsoft had their time and now it's Apple's turn.

WB Cody.
You were missed.

[Railroader]

Welcome back Cody. I hope everything is well. I look forward to our chats. JOKING!!! Seriously, it's good to see you back.

I went to a Meijer store (24 hour all-in-one-like-a-wal-mart) to pick up a copy of Pink Floyd's Pulse. There were a few people there as well, but I think they had just woken up.