Lee relates his Mac OS X 10.3 Panther-buying experience from last night, where he also garnered an iSight.
As for your humble host, our Panther hunt was a complete bust. I seriously undermined the attention given the release by the Dallas Macintosh-using population.
Thinking that we could go grab a bite to eat, then get to the Apple Store some time after 8:30 and pick up a copy, we found, at 8:30, an hour-long wait in the line outside the store. Needless to say, I wasn’t about to stick around, waiting in a line that long with a three month-old in tow. So we headed home, and I’ll swing by and pick up Panther later today. I can do without the fake dog tags, thank you very much.
To be clear--I didn't actually buy panther last night. I already had it on order from MacConnection (it'll be $99.95 plus 7 or 8 bucks to ship--after rebate). My motivation for going was more so because 1) it was finally a workable plan to be able to get to a store for an Apple event and this marked my very first time at such an event, 2) to take a first-hand look at Panther in anticipation of its arrival (it might be waiting in my mailbox when I get back home to Orlando), and 3) to meet up with Jon.
Truly, buying the iSight was, literally, an impulse buy. I had no initial plans to buy one. I guess I got jealous of another guy who was in line and using one.
Posted by: Lee Bennett at October 25, 2003 2:41 PM