iBook sale causes stampede...

**mdnky** · #1 August 16th, 2005, 07:14 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050816/...omputer_frenzy

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Originally Posted by AP News

RICHMOND, Va. - A rush to purchase $50 used laptops turned into a violent stampede Tuesday, with people getting thrown to the pavement, beaten with a folding chair and nearly driven over. One woman went so far as to wet herself rather than surrender her place in line.

"This is total, total chaos," said Latoya Jones, 19, who lost one of her flip-flops in the ordeal and later limped around on the sizzling blacktop with one foot bare.

An estimated 5,500 people turned out at the Richmond International Raceway in hopes of getting their hands on one of the 4-year-old Apple iBooks. The Henrico County school system was selling 1,000 of the computers to county residents. New iBooks cost between $999 and $1,299.

Amazing what some people will do to save a buck. I wonder how many of these will wind up on eBay.

THMTRXMN · #2 August 17th, 2005, 12:08 AM

Its crazy that the mob mentality can hit even the smartest of people, Mac users.
Please no flames, just making a goofy statment.

THMTRXMN · #3 August 17th, 2005, 12:10 AM

By the way, nice volvo I have a 1986 244 DL

Zammy-Sam · #4 August 17th, 2005, 06:20 AM

4 years old ibooks.. These must be the clamshell books, right?
Looking through the pics it reminds me to scenes from poor countries or regions when they spread water and food to the citizens. Knowing that in this case it's actually an item you surly won't need for living and surviving makes it a lot worse. Yeah, we are so proud on our civilized society, huh?

Zammy-Sam · #5 August 17th, 2005, 06:43 AM

Hihi

**mdnky** · #6 August 18th, 2005, 02:52 AM

THMTRXMN: Thanks...I had one identical to her, first car I bought, but it met an untimely doom after leaving the keys with my parents while I was out of town. Took me 3 years to find another 91 744ti SE with the M46 tranny in red/black. Had to drive 6 hours to pick her up. She's been sitting in the parent's garage (I kept the keys this time <G>) for the past 2 years, just got her out this evening and plan on taking her back to LA with me tomorrow (er...today) or Friday. Just have to install the new Clarion head unit and the iPod controller/adapter before I leave.

Zammy: I thought they were at first, but a guy (he lives there supposedly) on another forum I visit said they were the first gen white iBooks. Not sure if he's BSing or if they are white ones. Could be, the first white ones were released on 05.27.2001 according to Apple's specs.

Gig' · #7 August 18th, 2005, 04:16 AM

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Originally Posted by mdnky

THMTRXMN:

Zammy: I thought they were at first, but a guy (he lives there supposedly) on another forum I visit said they were the first gen white iBooks. Not sure if he's BSing or if they are white ones. Could be, the first white ones were released on 05.27.2001 according to Apple's specs.

Sounds like you got the right info according to this : http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet...=1031784106593

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"The PowerPC 750s are white and feature a 12-inch screen, a 10-gigabyte hard drive, 320 megabytes of memory, Mac OS 10.2.8 and AppleWorks 6.2.9."

and this model was discountinued in October 2001 according to mactracker so that fits the 4 years old story.

Gig' · #8 August 18th, 2005, 04:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Zammy-Sam

4 years old ibooks.. These must be the clamshell books, right?
Looking through the pics it reminds me to scenes from poor countries or regions when they spread water and food to the citizens. Knowing that in this case it's actually an item you surly won't need for living and surviving makes it a lot worse. Yeah, we are so proud on our civilized society, huh?

Agree 100 % with you Zammy but seems you can't stop some people beeing materialists, here's another proof http://cgi.ebay.com/HENRICO-COUNTY-5...QQcmdZViewItem

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