Arrived at 7am, there looked to be about 30 people in one line, and a similar number in another line. Went across the parking lot to starbucks first, since I suspected that while they would have free coffee, they wouldn’t have a non-caffeine option. When I walk in the door, I see a guy that I swear I know, and say his name and hi. He reacts to the name, but doesn’t recognize me. Turns out to have the same name as the person I thought he was, but isn’t him at all. We end up in line next to each other (one line was for people who’d made a reservation, the other was for walk-in’s).
When the hour finally arrived, the had 30-40 apple people in blue shirts run up and down the line yelling, then stand in two lines at the door, and started clapping as they let the first guy in. The line moved quickly, I got my own gal in blue, who gave me a tour of the store, since I’d never been there before, and then we got me a case and a pad, and I was back in my car and on the road within 15 minutes of 9am. Pretty fast. They still had an overwhelming imbalance in blue-shirts vs actual customers when I left. Not that there wasn’t a huge line, just that they pacing letting people in, such that they had plenty of people in the honor lines to clap when you left with you pad.
Still waiting for the first sync to complete. Of course itunes wanted to load the whole library, which would have left no room for any pictures or movies or apps, so I had to switch that default around, plus most of the others. I gave in to the 60-day free mobile.me trial, but am not clear how to get itunes to recognize I signed up for it. <shrug> I’m sure it will all become clear. Right now it’s taking a fair bit of time to ‘optimize photos’. I’m wondering if it’s going to be stupid enough to sync the jpg and nef versions of all my photos. Sigh, the trials of a modern man with too many toys =p
I’m guessing an eta of at least another 30 mins before I can unhook from the computer and actually try it out….