On 20/11/04 10:19 pm, "Tom Burke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (in part):
> Well I was past the new store twice today, but didn't get in. Queues > around the corner at 1:30, and even still queuing at 5pm. It was > raining, and I decided to not queue. > > And Mac Expo was a bit of a disappointment - it seemed smaller than > last year (fewer exhibitors?), and there were certainly fewer visitors. > > Ah well - the 90 minutes in the British Museum were good. I finally got there at about half nine and waited 3.5 hours to get in (it was dry most of the time luckily! Only the last 20 minutes did it rain, and then only lightly)...got the T-shirt and didn't need to sleep on the pavement :) There were only about 30-40 T-shirts left when I got through the doors and they were completely gone at around 1:30. The store is great and they do indeed have a lot of space and equipment on display. The best I found was seeing the 30" displays in person, they had two of them set up as an extended desktop and the real estate was unreal! If you liked electronic music, they had a DJ mixing some tunes upstairs and pumping it around the upper floor at elevated volume. I will need to go again just to see all the accessories as the mass of people did not allow detailed browsing of this (the majority of smaller accessories are located below the demo Macs/iPods stands on shelves). It was damn cold and there was a wind nearly all the time but the other hopefuls in line provided excellent companionship and conversation, I had brought the iPod and was prepared to do the solo thing but this wasn't necessary. All in all I had a great time and enjoyed the atmosphere of the opening! Looking back, I would do it again (but would not be sick enough to sleep two nights to get a better position). Comic relief was provided by some individuals trying to hand out PC World leaflets to the end of the waiting masses! They seemed miffed that no one wanted to take them! Cheers, Richard -- -- Mac UK is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac UK list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-uk.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-uk%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
