Riot ensues as 5000+ people try to get 1000 ibooks for $50 each

[The Former DMiller]

Hahah I heard about this, this is awesome! Don't these people know that no Macintosh product is worth the plastic its encased in, let alone resorting to violence?

Don't get that argument started again.

Anyway, I would happily take a 4-year-old iBook for $50. My iBook is 5 years old and still runs fine, but I can see why so many people jumped at this deal. Organization was obviously a problem at this sale, though. They should have had people sign-up for the sale ahead of time and insure they were citizens of the county at the time they signed up. Have them pay for the iBook and give them a receipt at the time they sign-up, and give out tickets if a lot of people show up at the same time to sign-up. It sounds simple because it is simple. Luckily no one was seriously hurt, but it's sad to see people behave in this way.