Steve Gilruth, our Head Technician, got his picture in the paper for his brave and fearless trek up to the wilds of Aberdeen in a no-holds barred pursuit of the newly-launched iPad. No "I'll wait a couple of days" nonsense for this guy- he wants his Apples and he wants them now!
From the Evening Telegraph, May 28 2010. (Click the image to see the original article).
First in Line in Aberdeen
One Dundee man decided not to risk missing out on the first batch of iPads to go on sale in the city and made an overnight journey to be the first in the queue at Aberdeen's Apple store.
Dad of three Steven Gilruth said "I wasn't sure if they were actually going to be in Dundee, but I wanted to go to the Apple store anyway.
"I've been to Apple stores in the US, and I wanted to see how the ones in the UK compared.
"I like my Apple devices.
"I've an iPod, a Mac and an iPhone and this is the next big thing so I really wanted to get one."
Steven decided to make the trek yesterday when he booked today off from his work as senior technician at the Disc Depot computer store in Dundee's Union Street.
"I left Dundee at midnight," he said. "I was up there for about 1am, but there was nobody at the Apple store in Union Square.
"People started arriving about 4am. They opened Union Square about 6.30am and the actual Apple store at 8."
