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The Longest Line

As you may or may not know, when Apple opens a new retail store, Mac fans start lining up hours in advance to be the first ones inside, and to get the free Apple swag that's traditionally given away. But on November 30th, when Apple opened its Tokyo store (their first store outside the U.S.), the lines were... well... seriously, I have never seen anything like this, for any event, anywhere, ever. Here's the video. Remember, they're in line to get into a computer store. (Scenes like this must make Gateway cry.)

2003 Was Windows-free

Detroit Free Press technology columnist Mike Wendland recently celebrated the one year anniversary of his switch from Windows to Mac. His weblog, which documents his experiences as a switcher, has become a pretty valuable resource for anyone who's been thinking of moving to the Mac. I only mention all of this, because it reminded me that I'm coming up on my first year as a Mac user. One year of being virus, worm, pop-up, spyware, .dll error, critical update, and crash... FREE! Mike lists the top five reasons he'll never go back. I'll add a sixth: No more talking paperclip!