Friday’s debut of the Leopard will generate thousands of sales of the latest upgrade to Apple’s operating system, but at least two people hope it will also generate a love connection and provide some spectacular entertainment. Apple’s retail stores will close at 4 p.m. local time, and then re-open at 6 p.m. to begin selling the highly-anticipated software at $129. Waiting lines are expected to form early for the event, and Apple will hand out 500 commemorative T-shirts to visitors.
A self-admitted “computer junkie” in the San Francisco area hopes to make a love connection at one of the Leopard events. “I think it’s time to replace my G4 iBook with a fancy new Macbook with 10.5, so that’s what I’ll be doing this Friday. Maybe if you’re similarly-minded we can meet,” he writes in a Craigslist “men seeking women” classified ad. “If we hit it off, we can arrange future meetings and outings.” But all is not love. The folks at smashsomestuff.com have targeted the Valley Fair (San Jose, Calif.) retail store for another iPhone smashing demonstration. According to tipsters, the group will destroy an iPhone purchased with donations at 6 p.m., just as the store re-opens to sell Leopard. The motive? A social experiment. They’ve also destroyed other cellular handsets and game machines.
