Where were you when the G5 was announced?

[Gus]

We've all been waiting for the G5 forever, and its release last Monday was a major step for Apple. After waiting years for OS X and getting it ( or should I say Copland, I mean, er, Rapsody, I mean, er...), it was way cool to finally see the fabled G5. So this is just a fun little thread to see where everyone watched the keynote.

I was on the tail end of my honeymoon at the Durham, NC store (Southpointe), with my wife (a switcher). Sounds geeky, but it was her idea. :)

So, where were you?

Regards,
Gus

[Duff-Man]

Duff-Man says....Dealey Plaza, on the grassy knoll.....oh yeah!

[edesignuk]

Sitting at my desk at home with www.macrumors.com open in front of me :)

[szark]

Sitting in the Presidio room on the third floor of Moscone West. :D :D :D

[iJon]

i remember it just like it was yesterday, i was sitting on the porch, drinking coffee, listeing to the radio. wait thats my gramps pearl harbor story. i was at work on irc.

iJon

[Giaguara]

i had just formatted my uncles peecee and was installing redhat on it. :)

[Gus]

Originally posted by szark
Sitting in the Presidio room on the third floor of Moscone West. :D :D :D

You suck.

Regards,
Gus

[job]

in an irc chatroom.

the houston galleria store wasn't showing the keynote so it wasn't really worth it to go down there.

i decided to take leave from the forums immediately after the wwdc and the inevitable flood of posts that would occur.

[Kethoticus]

At work, nervously checking Apple's web site every 10 minutes, alternating with MacRumors' site and then trying not to get caught slackin'.

[Frohickey]

you could have told me you were there too... :D :p :D

Where did you sit at? I was about 10 rows back from el Stevo.

[clubmedia]

i was hoping something bigger than isight and ichat dv was coming

[e-coli]

I was on the grassy knoll....oh wait..err... :(

:D ;)

[tjwett]

on the bowl. no wait, hitting the bowl. oh yeah, both.:D

[tazo]

Originally posted by e-coli
I was on the grassy knoll....oh wait..err... :(

:D ;)

I don't think its quite appropriate to joke about the murder of someone. Whether or not you believe the conspiracies or how good a president Kennedy was is irrelevant. The fact remains someone was murdered that day and joking about it is not exactly well, funny.

[Ugg]

Right here, through the whole thing.

Tazo, the whole point is that the "where were you when...." thing has sort of been overdone. It's lost its impact. Sort of like the word "gay" no longer means what it did in the early 1900s and has morphed into something else in the past few years. Your respect for a word or phrase may not be shared by others.

[tazo]

Originally posted by Ugg
Right here, through the whole thing.

Tazo, the whole point is that the "where were you when...." thing has sort of been overdone. It's lost its impact. Sort of like the word "gay" no longer means what it did in the early 1900s and has morphed into something else in the past few years. Your respect for a word or phrase may not be shared by others.

Your right Ugg. I have to respect people's right to make jokes about another person's death. I do not want to drag this thread off topic so I will close with this: that was a slap in the face with the 'gay' comment.

[jbomber]

sitting in a diner, having a burger, after returning from UPS where i'd mailed off my 15" powerbook. So much for replacing it with a brand new one to be announced at WWDC...

[iJon]

i agree on the gay thing. whether its right or wrong most people im around gay has morphed into the a word similar to stupid. like... that's gay (because its dumb). dont know how it got that way but thats whats happened.

iJon

[ibookin']

I was sitting in a chair at the Glendale Apple Store, watching the live sat. feed of the keynote.

[DreaminDirector]

I was at the Pasadena Store, second row in the center. I felt bad because I got a seat and like 100 other people didn't...

[shadowfax]

i was in UT Austin COM 8 watching the satellite feed with about 30 other macheads. it was great!

[jelloshotsrule]

soho store, sitting on the floor in front.

[Laslo Panaflex]

At my friends dads house watching from his satelite, while he made me and my friend eggs. Couldn't had been a better keynote experience.

[Sun Baked]

Sorry, cannot talk about it...

That thread was flushed.

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Watching television, that's the ticket.

News, MSNBC -- because that darn Apple broadcast wasn't on.

[Pete_Hoover]

I remember it like it was just not too long ago.I was sitting on chaosmint.com, waiting for the page to refresh. It did, and my G5 wishes had all come true. Such a heartwarming story, isn't it.

[pEZ]

I was at work without access to a computer. How much do I rock?

[scem0]

In front of the computer in my chair, in Austin, in Texas, In the US, in North America, in the World, in the solar system, in the galaxy, in who knows what.

But my mind was not there ^^^ , it was inside the IRC chat. ;)

scem0

[Gus]

Apparently I put this in the worng section. Sorry about that Arn. Let me qadd this bit, not only where were you, but how many people were you with.
Remember, just for kicks here.

Regards,
Gus

[evoluzione]

Apple SoHo store, sitting in the front row of comfy seats, sipping on a couple of bottles Stella Artois :D

Got there about 10.30 EST so had a few hours to kill.....

J-Lo, whereabouts on the floor dude?

[jayscheuerle]

:eek:

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by evoluzione
Apple SoHo store, sitting in the front row of comfy seats, sipping on a couple of bottles Stella Artois :D

Got there about 10.30 EST so had a few hours to kill.....

J-Lo, whereabouts on the floor dude?

i was among the first people to sit down... was standing at first, then two people sat down and me and my friend followed them... so we were right in front of the seated people, towards the right as you face the screen.

[evoluzione]

Originally posted by jelloshotsrule
i was among the first people to sit down... was standing at first, then two people sat down and me and my friend followed them... so we were right in front of the seated people, towards the right as you face the screen.

hah, probably right in front of me, i was in the front row, last comfy chair on the right (as you face the screen). imagine that.

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by evoluzione
hah, probably right in front of me, i was in the front row, last comfy chair on the right (as you face the screen). imagine that.

i didn't remember seeing any goofy looking brits... hah

i generally keep my head down at those things, ashamed to be there with such eeks.

[evoluzione]

Originally posted by jelloshotsrule
i didn't remember seeing any goofy looking brits... hah

i generally keep my head down at those things, ashamed to be there with such eeks.

hahaha
yeah, likewise, and there were a few too...hmm, i think i still have some pics i took of the crowd, you might even be in there heh. i'll post em when i get home...

[MacCoaster]

Originally posted by Gus
I was on the tail end of my honeymoon at the Durham, NC store (Southpointe), with my wife (a switcher). Sounds geeky, but it was her idea. :)

So, where were you?
At the same place except sitting at the Genius Bar with another MacRumors guy. :)

[vniow]

I think I was eating lunch at my grandma's house when it was announced, logged into the MR IRC chat a bit later though for about five minutes or so...

[bbarnhart]

I was actually home that day (wife was out of town). I had a video on for the kids. About three quarters through my net connection went out (DSL). After many unsucessful attempts to reconnect, I called the phone company to see what was going on. Phone didn't work either.

I went out to get the mail and saw a phone company van working on one of these small green phone hubs by the side of the road (we live in a rural area 2 miles from a tiny, tiny town (in another state) that happens to have DSL). I walk over to him "Dude, you've got to get my DSL back on". He gives me some jumbo about something and say's he'll call me when it is fixed.

[tpjunkie]

I was at work in the basement optics lab, with the computer on chaosmint.com and checking the refreshes every time I walked by

[MacFan25]

I was sitting in front of my mac in the IRC chat. Then, as soon as the keynote was playing on Apple.com, I was watching it. :D

[MattG]

Sitting at my desk, refreshing the screen, hoping Jobs would get off of the PowerMac G5 already and announce what everyone's been waiting for, the 15.4" Aluminum Powerbook.

[wdlove]

I was at home getting frequent updates from macrumors, thanks to arn. Also checked for updates at apple.com!

[jefhatfield]

when i heard about the G5, i was on my G3 ibook and pondered a future of G4 propelled ibooks and G5 powerbooks

i wasn't quite sure what apple was going to call the new 64 bit ibm chip, but as boring as G5 sounds to me, it makes sense since it's a generation past the altivec powered G4

but i hope when the next generation comes along, apple will have a better name than G6

[senseibiz]

I was at work, watching it via satellite....

[GroundLoop]

I was on a turbo prop plane flying from LA to Inyokern. (For those that don't know, Inyokern is close to Death Valley) I had a meeting at the Naval Air Warfare Center - Weapons Division - China Lake. Therefore, I didn't even see the keynote until I got home (DC area) until Wednesday night. Damn business travel.

[evoluzione]

ok, here are some pics from the SoHo broadcast...

J-Lo, can you see yourself???