Apple Tiger queues disrupt London traffic

THE APPLE STORE in Regent Street, London saw a mammoth queue of people lined up to pick up the Tiger OS, this evening.

We also spied more than the usual amount of hacks clamouring to get their free copies. While one hack from Blueprint magazine, the top title for architects, confessed that 'some of my friends have PCs', the Apple press core was out in force.

Crowds of punters were queued around the block from the store, and those at the front of the queue had been there for 2 hours before the launch at 6PM, British Summer Time.

They were greeted by hordes of Apple staff lined up, whooping and cheering as Jobs' Mob poured through the door. All were dressed in Jobs-a-like black, and all were, typically, beautiful. It seems Apple attracts the aesthetically minded.

Apple's latest theme music, U2's Vertigo, rang out over the store speakers, inviting users to say 'Hola!' to Tiger. We even spotted one lady in horrendous tiger-skin jogging bottoms, but the less said about that the better. [No picture then? Ed.]

We're off home to give the OS a whirl over the weekend, and we'll have our impressions of it for you next week.

These chaps were at the very front of the line...

A line which stretched a long, long way.

Jobs' Mob pour in...

To be greeted by the Jobs-a-likes.

Meanwhile, the rest of the capital continued undisturbed. That is, aside from LaCoste next door, who had their custom utterly destroyed by hordes of Apple-a-holics blocking their doorway.

OSX v 10.4, aka Tiger, enjoying a Starbucks, this evening. µ

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