Mac users 'ecstatic' about new Apple Store

I received a note from Althea Peterson about my estimate for the number of people waiting in line for the grand opening of the Tulsa Apple Store. I had said that by looking at the crowd and guessing what the number was by seeing how many groups of tens there were, I thought there was about 3,000 people. However, my estimate seems to be wrong, since Althea Peterson says she did an actual person-by-person count. So, what can I say? I don't know, but it sure seemed like a large crowd to me, and I thought I was doing that right.

It was a very nice note and part of what she wrote was --

However, I would debate you saying that there were "closer to 3,000" there for the Apple Store opening. Let me assure you by the hours I stood there (as early as 10 a.m.) that the number of people I estimated in line throughout the day is quite accurate. I counted each person standing in line (along with empty chairs of people I saw throughout the day coming and going for food and bathroom runs) up through 5:30 p.m., when I counted 370. There were also exactly 50 people on the upper level looking down at the Apple Store when it opened.

I was one of those on the upper level. I had arrived just prior to the opening of the store and took some pictures up there, and then went down below and took more pictures. I walked clear around the entire crowd, as it went all the way back to the Macy's store at the far end of the mall.

Well, a thanks to Althea Peterson for providing some good coverage for the grand opening of the Tulsa Apple Store and having her story prominently displayed in the Tulsa World.

Regards,
Star Traveler

Apple-bashers have a strange fascination with battery life for some reason.

Yes, they do! I can just imagine them, sitting there with all sorts of instruments and gauges and wires and charts -- and making the pronouncement -- "Apple batteries produce 0.25% less power than the top 2% of batteries on the market! Apple is going out of business next week!"

LOL! What a bunch of nuts.... (and they call Apple people crazy for buying good products... what a deal...).

Regards,
Star Traveler

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