On 30/10/05, hewligan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I went to Mac Expo yesterday at around 10:30am for about 30 minutes.
I went in the afternoon, stayed about 2 hours. I used to go to the shows in Boston and San Francisco (when I lived in Canada) and recall it took 4 days to get around everything. > > The deals at the show were not jaw-dropping. The range seemed to be > from 5% to 17.5% off, with 80% of items falling into the 8-11% off Agree. The only thing I bought was an iPod T-shirt from MacFormat mag. > I had hoped that some of the smaller Mac shareware > developers would turn up (OmniGroup, or Panic, or Ranchero, etc.), > but it was dominated by the big names. That is sad, as I would have > loved to give the Omni guys a hug and thank them for making my Mac > happy. Too expensive for them, I would imagine. > There was a mini Pret, which is very good for affordable conference > food, but they had no ginger beer. That put me in a real bad mood! I > like my ginger beer!!! In the afternoon, they ran out of 'leaded' coffee! > I would not be > surprised if the Mac Expo company reveals record attendance, and I > would hope for a little bit of a bigger presence from Apple in future > years. At least you could see Aperture at the Apple stall. Hmmm, > tasty Aperture! > IMHO, glad I responded to the 'early bird' free ticket - I would not bothered if I had to pay the £12 admission charge. Dave -- http://www.m4mac.co.uk Help, Troubleshooting, Coaching for Mac Users 07958 773472 -- 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/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
