My friend and I took the El into Chicago to attend the event at the N. Michigan Ave. store, which is really an incredibly designed store, even compared to other Apple Stores. It's the first two-story one I've seen (but, remember, it's only the third one I've seen, the other two being in malls).
Waited for about 40 minutes to get in. When you walked in, there were two rows of Apple employees (about 50 total--I was surprised that there were so many). There were tubs filled with the dogtags, on either side.
As the first person in the line entered, the clapping commenced. They kept going until the last person had come through. They were probably clapping a total of five minutes. It was incredible. You walk about fifty feet to the huge staircase, flanked by all these Apple employees in their black Panther t-shirts in an uproar of applause...Very much the climax, and rather exhilirating.
Nicely done.
The Project Manager for Panther, I believe, was the one who conducted the presentation. He did a good job. My friend had his PB and showed up on the guy's iChat list. I tried to get him to send an message, but he wouldn't. Alas.
The video with the guy Omar was pretty good, too, until you watched it a second time, at which point he got annoying.
I wonder when we'll find out about who won the drawing...I imagine if you went to a middle-of-nowhere store, you'd be much better off, because they're giving away one computer per store, correct?
All in all, though, a fun and festive occassion that I thoroughly enjoyed.
