Apple Mac OS X Tiger Launch Events

[FlyNolJ]

Agreed.

Was it just me, or was this the most disappointing launch party ever? no cool t-shirts, dog tags,or mouse pads, not even anything on sale. I won a free iTunes song. Big whoop. I could have stayed home and drank a pepsi and gotten the same thing.

Same scenario. I went in at 6:05. The line was long and was hectic getting in (to the Phoenix Biltmore store) and I got my card, looked around, watched a little bit on "Tiger" and got out. Got some dinner and coffee with my friends, watched a movie. Came back 30-15 minutes before midnight and the lady handing out the scratch cards recognized me so I was unable to get another one. What a jip haha. Oh, and the second one was 10% off that I couldn't even use with my student discount. No free t-shirts, dog tags. Lame party. I had more fun at Starbucks, and Starbucks is a re-occuring thing.

 

[GilGrissom]

Whens it coming preinstalled then on hardware??!! I want my PB!!

 

[robinmurphy]

HD Gallery Compatability

Just saw the H.264 gallery on quicktime site, will the movies play on a 1.2ghz g4 with 768 Ram and 32 mb of video ram with QT7? Will they be particularly slow or poor quality on my computer? Just asking as I'm on a rather slow internet connection at the moment and don't want to download to realise I can't play them.

 

[chubad]

Just saw the H.264 gallery on quicktime site, will the movies play on a 1.2ghz g4 with 768 Ram and 32 mb of video ram with QT7? Will they be particularly slow or poor quality on my computer? Just asking as I'm on a rather slow internet connection at the moment and don't want to download to realise I can't play them.

They will play but the file sizes are rather large. Most are over 100 megabytes so a fast connection would be needed.

 

[The Man]

Just saw the H.264 gallery on quicktime site, will the movies play on a 1.2ghz g4 with 768 Ram and 32 mb of video ram with QT7? Will they be particularly slow or poor quality on my computer? Just asking as I'm on a rather slow internet connection at the moment and don't want to download to realise I can't play them.

I have a 1 GHz iBook with 640 MB RAM and it plays, when the processor is turned to the highest setting. It's not full motion, but high enough for it to be smooth. Awesome quality that puts DVD to shame.

 

[artifex]

so, wait, if the minis have tiger discs dropped in them now, does that mean that if I buy one from the online Apple store, it will, too?
Just wondering, because the ad copy still says Panther. I'm looking through the student portal, though...

 

[robinmurphy]

H.264 on iMovie

I just tried out exporting HD video in H.264 on iMovie HD and it is really impressive, played fine on my ibook whilst live resizing was a little slow (to be expected). Definatly going to downlaod some of the trailers now I know it will play ok on my comp.

 

[macridah]

Guess I went to the wrong store. I was choosing between going to the shopping center or the Palo Alto store. I just got a free iTMS download and didn't see any cute asian girls ;-)

I guess I should be happy that Stanford has two apple stores within biking distance...

Hey, there is a really cute asian in the SF store. She's a really hottie. I think her name is tricha. I had to give her a double eye brow raise.

I got the usual 10% off discount good for the night like most peeps. I guess if I went there without the expectations for free stuff, I wouldn't be so disappointed. But the SF store even gave t-shirts for .Mac night, so naturely I thought I would get something at the tiger premiere.

 

[crazydreaming]

My first... dissapointing.

So, how many hardware prizes were there at each store?

Got there about 9, not a whole lot of people at the Buffalo, NY Galleria store. They weren't very willing to give me a scratch off on the way in. They questioned me first if I was there already. Jeeze. who-hoo. I one an iTunes song. I was tempted to leave and come back once there was someone new in the door.

Went over and played with Tiger. To be honest, I was really all that impressed. I just couldn't see spending $130 right now, I could think of much better things. They didn't seem to be selling a whole lot of Tigers. There was a big shelf in the middle of the store all tiger, but the shelf was full. I pulled on off, and had a hard time fitting it back on. I think it was kinda funny, it was like they were planning on people rushing in there and compltetly emptying the thing... when it was no-where near empty.

I won't make an effort to go to the next one.

 

[codemother]

Java 1.5

Let me reiterate - thank god it's out. When I found out that Tiger was not going to come with Java 1.5 on the disk I was VERY disappointed. This is a big deal if you use you mac for developing java, and Windows and Linux versions have been full release (from Sun) for about eight months.

 

[rockthecasbah]

Launch Party

This being my first launch party, I thought it was pretty fun. For me, i'd rather have a free iTunes song over a mouse pad or tee shirt. The Sagemore store was really cramped though, and the employees didn't get to use Tiger beforehand, so some made minor mistakes when showing customers. Overall, it was just interesting to be around my mac brethren, as there are very few mac geeks in my town. There were iPods everywhere hooked up to speakers, and beautiful cinema displays that made me drool. Too bad I didn't win the PB, but i got 2 iTunes songs and a 10% off! (went w/ my mom and dad who gave them to me).

 

[Tcnorman]

Has anyone gotten the email for the online seminar for Tiger? Im curious because I haven't and they are saying that it will be available starting the 29th.

 

[mwatch]

Perhaps it is because there is going to be a really BIG announcement in June? They might be saving all the good stuff until them.

 

[Gizmotoy]

Went to the Kenwood store here in Cincinnati. Got there around 5 after 6pm and there was no line at all, which was the first indication that something was wrong. At the Panther event last year, the line occupied the entire length of the mall. When we walked in, I was given a scratch-off ticket, but the person working the door offered one to my girlfriend, but then yanked it back real quick and gave us a mean look. I don't know what her problem was. I got her one from the guy on the other side of the entrance. Both iTunes songs, anyway.

Nothing interesting going on. I'd have to agree with the "Worst Launch Ever" sentiment. Had I had to drive more than 10 minutes to get there I would have been really upset. I really wanted a little spotlight flashlight, but no luck

 

[playerpianoplay]

What is Apple doing for they people they lied to?

Apple PROMISED delivery by April 29...I called on April 29. Not even shipped yet...What are they doing for us? Anyone else have this problem?

 

[bellis1]

Email

I received the email. Actually two because they told me to disregard the first address because it was incorrect. I learned a couple tricks I didn't initially see.

 

[bbyrdhouse]

WOW

After reading from this thread I am so glad I did not make the 4 hour drive to Houston. I changed my mind at the last minute because it would have been so late for me to get back home.

I preordered Tiger 2wweks ago from Amazon and it say I wont recieve it until May 9th. MAY THE STINKING 9TH!!!

 

[Lancetx]

My experience was pretty good last night. I guess I was one of the lucky ones that got a 10% off scratch ticket and I used it to get the last Mac mini "Ultimate" they had remaining at the store. I was hoping for maybe a t-shirt or some other goodies, but all in all I can't complain. I got my new Mac that came with the Tiger upgrade DVD pack-in and that's all I went there to buy anyway. The wait to get in the store was only about 20 minutes even though there were a few hundred people there at 6pm, so it wasn't bad at all.

 

[wiseguy27]

Chicago - North Michigan Avenue [Nice]

This was my first visit to an Apple retail store and it was a good coincidence that I had planned to do something in the Chicago area on the very day the launch happened. I visited the North Michigan Avenue store at around 5:45p.m., only to see a long line that went three fourths around that building. Instead of wasting my time there I went for a short walk and came back at 6:15 - no queue!

The store was JAM PACKED with people!!! There were a lot of people even after 8p.m. The Tiger demo was good. From the scratch cards they distributed, I got a 10% off card and although I found it tempting to go for a new Power Mac, I decided to put my purchase off for later when I could think clearly. Wish they had more people getting some *real goodies*!


P.S.: This is my first post here - had to start sometime since I have a lot of questions about buying a Mac and I feel getting some answers from the community would be useful (I used to lurk in usenet before). BTW, I'm a PC user who's been eyeing the Mac for quite sometime now.

 

[ImAlwaysRight]

After reading from this thread I am so glad I did not make the 4 hour drive to Houston.

Yeah, I'm wishing I didn't drive the 20 minutes to the Galleria Store to waste my gas and time. This was my first ... and last ... release party.

 

[swissmann]

No Apple store around me so the retailers throw a party which usually consists of come buy Tiger at full price with no promos. The H.264 gallery is awesome but those aren't small file sizes either. I'm liking Tiger more than I thought I would.

 

[mstanisl]

No student discount on Tiger in store???

Was I the ONLY PERSON that didn't know you couldn't use the student discount on Tiger in store? I got up to the register and said I wanted to use my student discount. The employee said there was no student discount on Tiger and that I had to order it on-line to receive said discount.

I would have gladly pre-ordered Tiger to receive my discount but had NO idea that was how it worked.

Please tell me I was not the only person that is a huge Apple fan that somehow missed this policy!

 

[spercharged69]

I thought this launch party kinda sucked. I went there just for free schwag and to see if there were any decent sales. Not so much as a lousy keychain. What a waste of almost an hour waiting in line.

Most. Disappointing. Launch. Ever.

No t-shirts. No keychain. No dog tag. Just a free iTunes song. Was hoping to get a 10 percent discount to pick up a new PowerBook. Oh well. Guess I'll hold out until the next iBook or PowerBook update.

So bummed...

I went to the Tiger event prepared to walk out with a my first Mac, a decked out Mini using the 10% discount everyone said would be in effect.

Instead I got a free itunes song. Big whoop. And they wouldn't give me another card.

What a complete waste. They give 10% discounts to people who have no interest in buying anything, and me wanting to spend a thousand dollars can't get the discount. All it does is create ill will.

I've been trying to buy a Mini from the store in NC since January. They always manage to convince me not to buy. In February I wanted to buy, but they said you couldn't add wireless to the Mini's they had. Told me to order online. Then Tiger was coming out, figured I'd wait for it to be announced to avoid the $130 charge. Go to the store after announce and they were out of the decked out model that had told me they now stock. So I left again. Then heard about the 10% off, might as well wait for that. Go back to the store, to find no discount and no one particularly interested in selling me a system.

I give. Maybe a PC isn't so bad afterall, no problem walking into a store getting what I want.

I must admit too that as a stockholder, I was underwhelmed. Apple can't afford to be making this type of collosal marketing blunder. The stock price is too high for this type of mistake. Encourages me to ditch the stock before more iPod competitors come around.

WORST. LAUNCH. PARTY. EVER.

I feel for the people who actually waited in line for 6PM to roll around. I stopped by the Michigan Avenue Apple Store around 10PM after a night out with my friends, and all I got was one of the scratch 'n win cards. Oh yay, a free iTunes song. Not even keychains, dogtags, t-shirts, anything.

Boo.

And they had abnormally loud (bad) music blasting. What was that about? I've never been less excited about being in an Apple Store, and I love going there!

Guys, I'm going to be honest. I was really disappointed today. They gave away SO many prizes, and I got THREE tickets, and in those tickets... Two 10% offs and 1 free iTunes song. I wanted a prize. Some freakin' hardware.

Same scenario. I went in at 6:05. The line was long and was hectic getting in (to the Phoenix Biltmore store) and I got my card, looked around, watched a little bit on "Tiger" and got out. Got some dinner and coffee with my friends, watched a movie. Came back 30-15 minutes before midnight and the lady handing out the scratch cards recognized me so I was unable to get another one. What a jip haha. Oh, and the second one was 10% off that I couldn't even use with my student discount. No free t-shirts, dog tags. Lame party. I had more fun at Starbucks, and Starbucks is a re-occuring thing.

After reading from this thread I am so glad I did not make the 4 hour drive to Houston. I changed my mind at the last minute because it would have been so late for me to get back home.

I preordered Tiger 2wweks ago from Amazon and it say I wont recieve it until May 9th. MAY THE STINKING 9TH!!!

Yeah, I'm wishing I didn't drive the 20 minutes to the Galleria Store to waste my gas and time. This was my first ... and last ... release party.

Give me a BREAK!

Whaaaaa Apple didn't give me enough free stuff I only got a free iTunes song, or a discount whaaaa...!!! How dare they not give me more free things, like a free t-shirt, or free flashlight, or free keychain or free SOMETHING ELSE!!! Some party!!! You'd think it was run by a company who was trying to make money or sell a product or something.

OH WAIT!

 

[pimentoLoaf]

I priced out a video / music / graphics system for myself whilst there, too:

 

[oskar]

I went to the Tiger event prepared to walk out with a my first Mac, a decked out Mini using the 10% discount everyone said would be in effect.

Instead I got a free itunes song. Big whoop. And they wouldn't give me another card.

What a complete waste. They give 10% discounts to people who have no interest in buying anything, and me wanting to spend a thousand dollars can't get the discount. All it does is create ill will.

I've been trying to buy a Mini from the store in NC since January. They always manage to convince me not to buy. In February I wanted to buy, but they said you couldn't add wireless to the Mini's they had. Told me to order online. Then Tiger was coming out, figured I'd wait for it to be announced to avoid the $130 charge. Go to the store after announce and they were out of the decked out model that had told me they now stock. So I left again. Then heard about the 10% off, might as well wait for that. Go back to the store, to find no discount and no one particularly interested in selling me a system.

I give. Maybe a PC isn't so bad afterall, no problem walking into a store getting what I want.

I must admit too that as a stockholder, I was underwhelmed. Apple can't afford to be making this type of collosal marketing blunder. The stock price is too high for this type of mistake. Encourages me to ditch the stock before more iPod competitors come around.

Aw, come on... mentioning apple stock and not wanting to spend a full $600 for a Mac mini. You should get a PC, my friend, you're making up too many excuses to not get your mac. Why didn't you order online with wireless since the first time they suggested? You were willing to spend more than $600. Then you wanted to have Tiger and save the $130. Then you wanted to pay $600 minus the 10% for the mini and Tiger. What gives? You don't want to spend your precious stock on a Mac, I suggest you don't if you don't think it's worth it. Or maybe you should look into an iMac...

Oh well, all of us will enjoy ours in the meantime.