Nerd alert!

No wait for me. Walked in in 5 minutes, grabbed two shirts -- to ebay, of course.

In all fairness, that big box store was so brightly lit it's a miracle ships didn't try to dock in front. They could have been selling used condoms and it still would have attracted a crowd.

what's the employee discount at Apple?

because that's the only way I can afford one.

Schools and their employees (teachers, etc) can get as much as 30% off the prices of Apple products.

are you fuck^ing kidding me!???????? Don't these people have better things to do than wait for a store to open??? What is apple doing? Giving away free stuff for the first 50 customers????

I KNOW DOESN'T IT MAKE YOU ANGRY THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIFFERENT INTERESTS THAN YOU CHOOSE TO SPEND THEIR TIME PARTICIPATING IN ACTIVITIES DIFFERENTLY THAN HOW YOU CHOOSE TO SPEND YOUR TIME???!!?!? I MEAN WHO WOULD WASTE THEIR TIME STANDING IN LINE AT THE APPLE STORE WHEN YOU COULD BE SPENDING YOUR TIME WAITING FOR A CUPCAKE AT MAGNOLIA BAKERY LIKE I AM?^?? I AM OBVIOUSLY BETTER THAN THOSE APPLE LINE-STANDERS BECAUSE THE MAGNOLIA BAKERY LINE HAS BEEN AROUND MUCH LONGER THAN APPLE'S PLUS IT'S FULL OF COOL PEOPLE WHO LOVE SATC RATHER THAN COMPUTER NERDS AND BLOGGERS.

Do you enjoy being known as a screamer.

Your caps lock is on...

It's stuck from being out in the cold weather for so long last night.

About a year ago my Sony All-in-One Vaio crashed. I wanted to replace it with a Dell. Their biggest dealer, Best Buy, had one on display in the 5th Avenue store. I asked someone to demonstrate it for me and they said Best Buy has a demo disc built into the unit. They couldn't get it to work. The next day I had to be on 86th Street and went to the Best Buy store there and they were even worse. On the urging of friends and family, I made an appointment with a person in the Apple 14th Street Store. The guy spent an hour with me and I was convinced. I haven't been sorry either, it's a superior product with much better after service. That's why their stores are so crowded.

The people camping out in those pictures look like they could be homeless. Were they really camping out for the Apple store opening or just sleeping on the street because that's what they always do?

those people in line are such losers!.

I'm also a loser for sitting here on a saturday morning commenting on Gothamist, but not as big a loser as they!

EXACTLY, JULES1000 WHO IS A LOSER BUT NOT AS BIG A LOSER AS THE APPLE STANDERS-IN-LINE!

WHY DON'T WE, AS ANGRY GUY AND NOT-QUITE LOSER GUY, JOIN FORCES AND HEAD OUT TO THE NEW APPLE STORE TO PROTEST THE SHOPPERS WHO WERE IN LINE ALL NIGHT BUT ARE NOW NICE AND WARM INSIDE THE NEW APPLE STORE BUYING WHATEVER IT IS THEY COULD HAVE BOUGHT HAD THEY JUST HAD THE SENSE TO WALK OVER TO THE 5TH AVENUE STORE? THOSE PEOPLE ARE LOSERS AND THEY MAKE ME SO MAD!

AFTERWARDS WE WILL CELEBRATE OUR PROTEST ACROSS THE STREET BY EATING THE FINEST EXPENSIVE CHEESES AND BREADS FROM BOBOLINK DAIRY! I WILL HAVE TO ASK MY MOMMY FOR PERMISSION TO RIDE THE SUBWAY, HOWEVER!

but why are you screaming?

sounds great!

I concur. They are on another level of loserdom we cannot dream of equaling, unless we stay on line for over an hour at Shake Shack.

I AM SO SUPERIOR TO PEOPLE WHO STAND IN LINE OVERNIGHT THAT I MUST ANGRILY POINT OUT MY SUPERIORITY ON GOTHAMIST!!1!!

This is the best response so far.

I'm sure the first place these people will go once the doors open at 10am, is the Apple restrooms.

Are they giving things away to the first customers?

Group of fanatics waiting in line for a day walks into the store at 10am. At 10:10am a group of tourists walks into the store after a good nights sleep and breakfast. How does waiting in line make any sense?

hahahaah

besides, this store is surrounded by a gap, gracious homes, banana republic, and barnes and noble! i'm not going to miss the lame victoria secret that was there (lame b/c they never had good sales at that location).

it's not apple's fault the entire corner is a homogenized disney of retailers.