Rock star computers
It’s been a while since I’ve seen a queue in my local shopping centre. Probably not since it opened and Gok Wan turned up to do a couple of fashion makeovers! Or maybe that time the mobile phone shop was actually offering a good deal on the best roaming prices that wasn’t a complete rip-off… I digress; my point is that when I popped out for my lunchtime sandwich at the end of last week, there was the incongruous sight of a queue in the middle of my shopping centre.
Quite a chunky queue as well, probably around 20 or 25 people, some with the foresight to bring camping stools and refreshments, and all with portable computers. That’s when I realised what they were queuing for. Not tickets to some ultra hip rock concert, but the chance to get their hands on the next ultra hip computer, the iPad2.
Maybe I still live in the past when it comes to computers. Maybe I’d get more excited over a mint condition ZX Spectrum than a new shiny piece of kit that looks like it could have been made in any old Chinese sweatshop. But I really don’t “get” the iPad phenomenon. In fact, if it wasn’t for the fact that I love my iPod with all my heart, I would say that I don’t really get the entire Apple phenomenon. Queueing up outside the store to make sure you were one of the privileged few to get your models on the stroke of 5pm made me want to scream “Get a life” - and that’s from someone who spends their weekends in a darkened room, writing computer programs while wearing their pyjamas and eating last night’s take away…
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