August 23rd special Apple Store Event!

[swahilibill]

I was at the Aspen Grove store in Colorado, and my friend that worked there said the manager anounced that he got an email from corporate or something and they said that all of the employees had to work later than normal to unpack a "large multiple product" shipment. I am guessing that is the Jaguar, and it also hinted that there was something other than software boxes, some sort of Hardware, think that this is the new Powermacs? Might be announced tuesday and start shipping and in stores august 24th. Possibility?

[Beej]

If that's the case I'm glad I have my ticked reserved for the Apple events in Melbourne on the 27th of August! w00t! We'll be looking at the 'next generation of Apple hardware'...

[Mr. Anderson]

I was just at the Clarendon store and its going to be a very cool event.

10:20 PM on the 23rd, 100 minutes of free gifts, great savings, theater demos, and the chance to win a Mac Until Midnight at the Apple Store

I'll be going and hopefully meeting jelloshotsrule there. I can't imagine they'd give a new PowerMac away, more likely the iMac LCD if we're lucky. I asked the employees there and no one seemed to know.

It will be crazy but I'm going for the chance to win something - even if its an apple shirt.

D

[LimeiBook86]

Is this going to happen at all of the stores? I was gonna go the 24th but now I wanna go tthe 23rd!!! Is it true, any proof?:)

[djniche]

it's friday the 23rd at 10:20 pm
100 minutes till 12 to the 24th for the release of jaguar

I'll be there too in the clarendon store. who knows i might walk out with a new G4!!
i think it will also be an imac or an ibook

[chmorley]

Originally posted by swahilibill
I was at the Aspen Grove store in Colorado, and my friend that worked there said the manager anounced that he got an email from corporate or something and they said that all of the employees had to work later than normal to unpack a "large multiple product" shipment. I am guessing that is the Jaguar, and it also hinted that there was something other than software boxes, some sort of Hardware, think that this is the new Powermacs? Might be announced tuesday and start shipping and in stores august 24th. Possibility?

It's true, for sure. All stores. It was discussed in an earlier thread (though it wasn't there wwhen Bill started the thread). You can find more info at Apple's Retail page (http://www.apple.com/retail/).

You going, Bill? I have thought about it, but when I went to Aspen Grove the day it opened (just a few minutes before opening) there was a line around the building. There seem to be a lot of Mac folks around, and I've already pre-ordered 10.2. Not sure that the possibility of winning something is worth the hassle of the crowd...

Chris

[swahilibill]

Originally posted by chmorley


It's true, for sure. All stores. It was discussed in an earlier thread (though it wasn't there wwhen Bill started the thread). You can find more info at Apple's Retail page (http://www.apple.com/retail/).

You going, Bill? I have thought about it, but when I went to Aspen Grove the day it opened (just a few minutes before opening) there was a line around the building. There seem to be a lot of Mac folks around, and I've already pre-ordered 10.2. Not sure that the possibility of winning something is worth the hassle of the crowd...

Chris


I doubt that I will go. That I think will be a friday, the school weekend, and even though I am a big geek, as a normal fifteen year old, i try to keep a normal social life with my friends. LOL, I can't wait to order a copy though, they have it all the machines at aspen grove, I was there today, the new start up screen is pretty viscious!

[Durandal7]

I would join you guys at Aspen Grove, but I try to make it a policy of not skipping a whole day of classes until about a month into the year :p

[chmorley]

Originally posted by asurace
I would join you guys at Aspen Grove, but I try to make it a policy of not skipping a whole day of classes until about a month into the year :p
Too bad, Asurace. That was never my policy. You do know it's 10:20 at night, right?

Funny, though--of the 3 of us, sounds like none of us will go. I could always change my mind at the last minute, but I doubt it. I'd probably go to the Cherry Creek store if it were open.

Chris

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by djniche

I'll be there too in the clarendon store. who knows i might walk out with a new G4!!

we'll have to arrange to meet up. should be interesting regardless what happens. I might start a thread later this week to organize anyone going to the Clarendon Store.

D

[dricci]

I'll be at Tysons (even though nobody here at MacRumors really knows me) :p

[animemaster]

it's true

[balliet]

I'll probably be at the buffalo store (but like
dricci, nobody here at macrumors really knows me)

[MacMaster]

Anyone going to a store in the bay area?

[Wes]

John Lewis in the uk say they are offering "Apple Product Demos" from the 21-28th. Do you think it's the same thing?

[Liamcow]

bay area ( i don't know geography:p ) as in cambrdge or peabody? yeah, i'll probably be at the cambridge store for this with my friends.

[MacMaster]

No, I ment the San Fransisco Bay Area. You know. The place in which San Fransisco, San Jose, and Oakland are situated around...;)

[TyleRomeo]

i'll be at the one in garden city

[DaedalusDE]

I'll meet u there Tyle... gee i hope no creepy Rasta Man guns up the mall again... roosevelt isnt the best place to be near at midnight...i just hope the idiot security guards dont lock all the doors when the rest of the mall closes.

I called my apple store today, and they said that they wont find out what comp they're raffling off until 10:10 on the 23rd. Oh and they arent giving any thing away, they're raffling them off, which means you have to pay for each ticket.

[tjwett]

Originally posted by TyleRomeo
i'll be at the one in garden city

i can't decide if i should go to the Roosevelt Field or SoHo store. i live in Brooklyn so the SoHo store is wicked close but Roosevelt Field will probably have less of a crowd which means better odds at winning some treats;) on the other hand, the SoHo store is awesome and may be a bigger event. hmmm....

[MacMaster]

Hmmm...I wonder what the free gifts are...And DaedalusDE, do you know how much the tickets are for the raffle?

[jaykk]

I am going to the one in Palisades Mall, NY.. or i can go to the Tice's Corner, NJ.. both are close to each other.. I like Tice's Corner, because its an open Mall.. dont worry about closing the gates of the Mall..

Anyone going to either of that mall from MacRumors? I will let you guys know if i win a Mac. I missed an opportunity to buy Mac OS X for a discount at Amzaon..so i will be getting mine on 23rd from Apple Store direct.

[vniow]

I might be going to one in the Bay Area. Where's the nearest one from Santa Cruz?

[ericb88]

2 people here goin to roosevelt, and mayb another, beautiful, i shall try to make it.

[whfsdude]

This sucks, I have to go to a friends house for a b-day party that night. Damn I wish I could go to the Clarendon store.

[seven5]

funny, they called it Os X.2. Apple is so picky about thier branding i'm surprised they used that term.

[cbrantly]

N/M

[cyberfunk]

Gifts?

iWant an iPod !

[DaedalusDE]

TJ, go to roosevelt... it'll be a maccing good time... maybe we can all sit around an overheated pentium and roast marshmellows and tell scary stories about pcs...
or not...

i think we should all wear josie and the *****cat earhats to show our support for jaguar

[DaedalusDE]

damnit... it sensored out the pu$$y in pu$$ycats

[MacMaster]

Originally posted by DaedalusDE
damnit... it sensored out the pu$$y in pu$$ycats
lol. That's pretty funny:D :p ;)

[DaedalusDE]

Heres the thing about the gifts... dont expect much stuff for free... not even t-shirts... this is a free event... no registration necessary... this means that there could be 30,000 people in each store... maybe they'll give out stickers, or posters... but dont expect anything fancy... and for the last time, the "give aways" are raffles... most likely not free ones at that...

I hope to see all of u long islanders at roosevelt field on friday

[seven5]

damn, i'd take a free jag poster, that would be nice....

[lyonsden]

lets see....

I give you a small amount of money in the hopes of getting something much more valuable in return.

Sounds like gambling to me - and in most states, that's frowned upon.
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I may go to the one in Schamburg - anyone else?

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hey, my first post - I lurk no more

[MacMaster]

Originally posted by lyonsden
hey, my first post - I lurk no more
Welcome!:D

[vniow]

Hey MacMaster, which store are you going to? The Palo Alto one or the one in Santa Clara?

[tjwett]

Originally posted by DaedalusDE
TJ, go to roosevelt... it'll be a maccing good time... maybe we can all sit around an overheated pentium and roast marshmellows and tell scary stories about pcs...
or not...

i think we should all wear josie and the *****cat earhats to show our support for jaguar

lol! i'm thinking if i go to the SoHo store when hte vent first starts and then grab the N/R train up to Penn station i could make it out to Roosie in time to check out both events! Cannonball Run style!

[LimeiBook86]

I wish i could go, I meen the stores are only and hour away and my Dad and Aunt were planning to go on the 24th, not the 23rd. I either go to the Short Hills store or the Tice's Corner store. Unless my older brother (who could drive :D) has one of his sudden change of heart and decides to take me to an Apple store and drop me off for the night I could go. THAT WOULD BE GREAT! Or I'll just give him a $5 and he MIGHT take me... I wish I could drive! AH! only a couple more weeks [Sept 23 {I'll be 16!}](then I can start to take the driving tests);)

[G4scott]

Originally posted by cbrantly
N/M

Me too. I'll be in Austin this weekend. If only the 3 stores to be in Texas weren't in dallas and houston... Apple should really think about building an Apple store in McAllen... It may only be a town of 100000, but they're forgetting about all the international traffic... The shopping center where best buy, office depot, and a couple other stores are was packed today. There was even a bus from Mexico there. And these guys have money. They pay for computers in cash at best buy... If only the CompUSA could be seen better, or if there was an Apple store :(

Anyways, I hope everyone going to these events has fun! It sounds like they're going to be packed...

[MacSlut]

I'm going to the Palo Alto store. It's on University Ave, just a couple of blocks away from where Steve Jobs lives.

I'll be wearing my faux jaguar print clothing.

[robguz]

I hear they are going to have lots of fun OSX themed games. One involves who can open the windows in the store the slowest. Whoever does wins a copy of 10.2

Another involves a game of throw the beachball, but behind the curtain a store employees has a tether connected to the ball from above and it then mysteriously floats above the players and spins endlessly.

In the back of the store will be a big barrel set up for a game of "bobbing for permissions." Players dunk their faces into a vat of defective G4 chips searching for the G5. If they find it, they have to guess the secret password, even though they already have to give the password to sign up for the game and before every dip into the barrel. The winner gets 35 cents off the DP 1.25 Ghz as long as they also buy a 23" Cinema HD display.

Another fun game will be, "Find the working scanner" in which dozens of mac/scanner combinations will be set up in a row and if the person figures out which one can scan in X naitively, they win a free day's use of .mac

In yet another fun game, players try to type so slow that Word v.X can keep up with their typing. Unfortunately, the mentally retarded orangatang with no fingers and toes who's there for the party still types too fast for Word to keep up, so nobody wins.

The grand finale is called "Alienate the Users" in which participants comes dressed as aliens and hurl insults and slurs at all the customers in the store, and try to steal wallets and purses. The winner is named "Queen Jobs for a Day" and and gets a free copy of 10.2 which is only installable on a non-upgraded PowerBook G3 233 (no L2 model).

[MacMaster]

Originally posted by robguz
I hear they are going to have lots of fun OSX themed games. One involves who can open the windows in the store the slowest. Whoever does wins a copy of 10.2

Another involves a game of throw the beachball, but behind the curtain a store employees has a tether connected to the ball from above and it then mysteriously floats above the players and spins endlessly.

In the back of the store will be a big barrel set up for a game of "bobbing for permissions." Players dunk their faces into a vat of defective G4 chips searching for the G5. If they find it, they have to guess the secret password, even though they already have to give the password to sign up for the game and before every dip into the barrel. The winner gets 35 cents off the DP 1.25 Ghz as long as they also buy a 23" Cinema HD display.

Another fun game will be, "Find the working scanner" in which dozens of mac/scanner combinations will be set up in a row and if the person figures out which one can scan in X naitively, they win a free day's use of .mac

In yet another fun game, players try to type so slow that Word v.X can keep up with their typing. Unfortunately, the mentally retarded orangatang with no fingers and toes who's there for the party still types too fast for Word to keep up, so nobody wins.

The grand finale is called "Alienate the Users" in which participants comes dressed as aliens and hurl insults and slurs at all the customers in the store, and try to steal wallets and purses. The winner is named "Queen Jobs for a Day" and and gets a free copy of 10.2 which is only installable on a non-upgraded PowerBook G3 233 (no L2 model).
Ha! I actually started to believe you at first! But when it got to the 35 cents off and the orangatang I knew what you were doing. That was great though!:D

[tjwett]

Originally posted by robguz
I hear they are going to have lots of fun OSX themed games....

very funny! lol! finally, someone who isn't afraid to give Apple a shi+ now and then. definitely NOT a Mac zealot, and refreshingly so. i had a good laugh with that one.

[ToddW7]

Is anyone going to be at the Schaumburg Illinois store? I am there.

todd

[crazylb1]

So none of the three are thinking they'll go on Friday? I also preordered X.2 but I'm kinda curious about the stuff going on at Aspen Grove. I really enjoy going there but as I'm coming from Boulder its a 40 minute drive. :( oh well. Oh one of the guys there, whom I just blanked on his name, oh shoot, anyway, he's really great I've sat there and talked to him for hours, anyway, he said the Cherry Creek store will be open by year end. Where do you guys think it will be? At the Cherry Creek mall?

I was also at the opening and there was quite the line, I didnt get a shirt though :-( Just missed it, well if you guys do decide to go, tell me, we should meet!


P.S. I know I dont have many posts but I've been here for about a year so dont discredit me for my low post count! :D

[sparkleytone]

My g/f and I will be at the Durham, NC store of course :)

It really sucks if it IS a raffle because I, like all college students, am flat broke. Maybe I'll get a T-Shirt.

[Mephisto]

The Los Angeles store is about 15mins from me...And as such, I shall attend the festivities.

Its odd, but everything in LA is 15min from everything else...yet i digress

I'm getting the new dual 1ghz!!! It better be great, because the cost of it and a 17inch lcd cost me half of my liver, a kindney, 10 pints of blood and my soul for 3 months in the year 2036.

[sparkleytone]

Originally posted by Mephisto
The Los Angeles store is about 15mins from me...And as such, I shall attend the festivities.

Its odd, but everything in LA is 15min from everything else...yet i digress

I'm getting the new dual 1ghz!!! It better be great, because the cost of it and a 17inch lcd cost me half of my liver, a kindney, 10 pints of blood and my soul for 3 months in the year 2036.

i guess itll REALLY suck for you if you wake up one day in a bathtub full of ice. :o

[MacMaster]

Originally posted by Mephisto
I'm getting the new dual 1ghz!!! It better be great, because the cost of it and a 17inch lcd cost me half of my liver, a kindney, 10 pints of blood and my soul for 3 months in the year 2036.
:confused: :confused: :confused:

[MacViolinist]

Is anyone going to be at the Plano, TX store? I have an audition in Plano the next day, so I don't think I could come up with an excuse not to be there if I tried.


-the Gruesome Drewsome

[eric_n_dfw]

Originally posted by MacViolinist
Is anyone going to be at the Plano, TX store? I have an audition in Plano the next day, so I don't think I could come up with an excuse not to be there if I tried.


-the Gruesome Drewsome I probably will be. I may drag a WinBloze loving friend up there.

[thedbp]

I'll either be in Clarendon or Tyson's Corner, one of the two. Can't wait! If they are unpacking a new hardware product, chances are it ISN'T the new PowerMacs. Those went up the day after they were announced. So it might be something else, who knows?

Well, i'm off to work for my last week at my current job - soon I'll be in Cupertino, training to be a Mac Genius! :)

[testnull]

Originally posted by ToddW7
Is anyone going to be at the Schaumburg Illinois store? I am there.

todd

Isn't it odd that there seem to be very few active online Mac community members from the area? All the Motorola employees use Wintel :rolleyes:

I'm still debating about it. I'm sort of an "early to bed, early to rise" type person. However, I did also want to go and look at a Brenthaven Mobility Ti case for my Powerbook....

[Cogz]

I will be at the Jaguar release party... I am thinking that about half or a quarter the amount of people that showed up for the grand opening will be there (read: Still LOTS).

As a guy who worked at compUSA for the win95 release, I have to say that if apple DOESNT give out stuff and only raffles them, I will be sorely dissappointed. Our compUSA gave away SCADS of new computers etc that night. And, I dont believe it will be a raffle per'se due to the laws of the state. I would think that it would be a "drawing" rather that you get a ticket when you walk in, and at the end of the night, they read off the numbers (and you would have to be present to win).

I work that night, but I plan on asking my boss if I can cut out a few minutes early, and hit the road. I think that its gonna be a madhouse...

Anyhow, see all you illinois people in friday night. :)

Cogz

[jrbohorquezg]

Originally posted by Cogz
I will be at the Jaguar release party... I am thinking that about half or a quarter the amount of people that showed up for the grand opening will be there (read: Still LOTS).

As a guy who worked at compUSA for the win95 release, I have to say that if apple DOESNT give out stuff and only raffles them, I will be sorely dissappointed. Our compUSA gave away SCADS of new computers etc that night. And, I dont believe it will be a raffle per'se due to the laws of the state. I would think that it would be a "drawing" rather that you get a ticket when you walk in, and at the end of the night, they read off the numbers (and you would have to be present to win).

I work that night, but I plan on asking my boss if I can cut out a few minutes early, and hit the road. I think that its gonna be a madhouse...

Anyhow, see all you illinois people in friday night. :)

Cogz


I'm going to Woodfield too. How early do you think we should be there? Is it 10:00pm ok? Anyway, I guess I'll see you there, I'll be wearing a pair of jeans and an Apple t-shirt :D

[DrPhred]

If you are in the Minneapolis/St Paul region, you can save $30 on Jaguar and attend a 10:20 Sale. First Tech (http://www.firsttech.com/) , an Apple Specialist, is hosting a 10:20 event and is giving a special "upgrade" price on Jaguar. They are selling it for $109 on Friday night and all day Saturday.

[railthinner]

Originally posted by testnull


Isn't it odd that there seem to be very few active online Mac community members from the area? All the Motorola employees use Wintel :rolleyes:


apparently there are a few of us, though I'd almost like a guarantee of a new tibook in exchange for a drive out to the burbs. bleh. Really, I'm considering the trip. Is that the hellish mall by the IKEA and the constantly clogged toll plazas?

[jrbohorquezg]

That's correct. Right next to IKEA. You gotta take I-90 all the way to road 53 and exit there. Be prepared for traffic, hellish toll booths and road constructions almost all the way there.

Why the fock doesn't apple have a store in Michigan Ave?!?!?

[ToddW7]

See you all there, I'm uh, the guy that looks like John Lennon I guess. If i win the mac I'll be as giddy as a school girl. I'm thinking getting there around 10 or so.

Todd

[zoob23]

would apple really put all of this $$ into advertising just for a big update for osx??? i dont know it just mkaes no sense to me im hoping they release something really cool with it ...........

i just hope that the security at palisades dosent close the doors at like 10 and froget apple store is having a huge thing.......... and im also surprised the malls are letting them stay open that late

just my 3 cents you can have the extra cent

[beez7777]

im goin to the roosevelt field mall apple store, so i hope to see the other 2 people who posted the same.:)

[DaedalusDE]

JESUS CHRIST BEEZ!!! your from merrick too? how many of us are there!?! I guess all that south merrick money has to be spent on something, might as well be macs!!

What part of merrick are u from?

[bousozoku]

Originally posted by MacMaster
No, I ment the San Fransisco Bay Area. You know. The place in which San Fransisco, San Jose, and Oakland are situated around...;)

And I was gonna say Tampa Bay. :)

[beez7777]

im from North Merrick, hows about yourself?

[beez7777]

Hey look im a member now!:D :D

[DaedalusDE]

well... if we look at north and south merrick as east and west germany, i guess my house would be the berlin wall... right between sunrise highway and merrick road... THE GABLES...

built buy 20th Century Fox before the depression hit, The Gables were to be used as low cost housing developments for actors working on projects in new york...

myself being a die-hard film buff (and cinematic genius) my goal is to restart that project by getting rid of that STUPID ****ING PRESERVE behind my house, and making it into the coolest backlot ever to hit long island... well the only backlot ever to hit long island...

yeah, so long story short i'm from central merrick.

[Liamcow]

i just got an email from apple about this, they say that i have a chance to win a new imac... does this mean each store is only giving away 1 imac or what? i don't want to go the 2 hours just for a 1 in 50 chance to win an imac...

[brentmore]

I'll be in the middle of it all in Soho, Manhattan. Non-NYC people, please stay out, it's going to be packed enough already.

[DaedalusDE]

gee pimp, your so nice... well i'm going to the roosevelt field store anyway cause its more fun to be in a closed mall at midnight than it is to be in SoHo

[railthinner]

I think of the many nights I wandered around soho (when I lived there) after a load of drinks having some of the best times of my life --surrounded by culture, art, music, models and other hipsters-- and compare that to memories of my mom taking me to by garanimals before the start of school at the local mall where I grew up. Yeah malls are so ********** cool. Let's go gaze at all the eminem and nsync wannabes.

der, buy

[Spike Spiegel]

My bet is that the special event is actually my computer finally shipping. With a wait this friggin long it better come with some fanfare. Apparently Apple can't handle build-to-order, it's just a little too tricky for them to master.:mad:

[Mal]

I don't know about the other stores, but the party in Tampa was pretty lame. We were in line for 2 hours, and there wasn't anything for those waiting in line. Even once you got inside, it wasn't any different than just going to the Apple store any other time, except more people. I mean, the store is cool, and yes they did register us for a 17" iMac, and have 10% off anything you buy at the same time as Jaguar or a new Mac, but I wanted a party! That's what they advertised!
Oh well.

Anyone else have the same experience?

[buffsldr]

i was in the tampa store saturday afternoon (in FLA on vacation) and it was business as usual. i was a little surprised they would not sell it to students at a discount.... i have to go online or to a university bookstore for that

[beez7777]

Originally posted by skywalker
I don't know about the other stores, but the party in Tampa was pretty lame. We were in line for 2 hours, and there wasn't anything for those waiting in line. Even once you got inside, it wasn't any different than just going to the Apple store any other time, except more people. I mean, the store is cool, and yes they did register us for a 17" iMac, and have 10% off anything you buy at the same time as Jaguar or a new Mac, but I wanted a party! That's what they advertised!
Oh well.

Anyone else have the same experience?

I had the same experience at roosevelt field. Although it was kinda fun. i didnt buy anything that night, but since i bought my 17" iMac the night before, he sales rep gave me a mousepad and teeshirt, so it was worth it:)

[jelloshotsrule]

as for a party...

i stopped at an apple reseller in maryland on my way to the official apple store (clarendon) for the jaguar thing.... my brother and i entered the store... and a girl greets us, and hands us raffle tickets (still at the apple reseller). then i notice, she's wearing a hooters outfit. name tag and all..... i was like " what the #$#%#$?!" and also, they were playing the electric slide and there were all these middle aged geeks dancing like they knew how (which they didn't, not that i do)... it was funny as crap.

but the place was small and i got out of there as quick as i could.... blah