“A horde of decaying zombies invaded San Francisco’s downtown Apple store on Friday evening, hunting for brains, terrifying the customers, and gnawing on iMacs,” Declan McCullagh blogs for CNET.
“I’ve placed some photos here. I’m pleased to report that the zombies ultimately decided human brains were tastier than plastic iMacs, although it wasn’t for lack of effort in trying to vary what must be a monotonous diet,” McCullagh reports.
“The event was titled “SF Zombie Mob 2007,” and it was organized by the gruesome-minded folks at eatbrains.com. It’s akin to a flash mob, though because the participants trek around the city after gathering, the Zombie Mob was closer in concept to the Critical Mass bicycle ride, which coincidentally was happening at the same time along the same street,” McCullagh reports.
“It may be worth noting that the Westfield Mall and Disney security tried to bar the zombies from entering, but Apple store security did not. In fact, salespeople were jostling one another for a position where they could take the best photo of the zombies (or themselves with the zombies, or their brains being eaten by the zombies),” McCullagh reports.
Full article, with photo of zombie gnawing on iMac, here.
MacDailyNews Take: Everyone’s switching!
Good job they didn’t try to log on to MySpace
Even the un-dead see the light….
Apple once again proves it cares for those with disabilities.
The dead are a huge, untapped market. Apple really wins here, especially compared to online-only sellers like Dell. I’ll wager it’s difficult to get internet access in most graveyards, so brick-and-mortar retail stores are the only way most dead can acquire computers, software, external drives, and internal organs.
“Hi, I’m a Mac”
“And I’m a PC”
“Uhhhhghuuuuuuh”
And just think of it, in less than 28 days, the iPhone will be out.
-c
it’s a tragedy none of them got a proper burial. poor things.
Rumor has it Steve Ballmer was the ring leader, but took ill when he tried to eat a Zune.
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Macs biten by zombies…eventually that’ll mean Zombie Macs. Nice idea for an advertising….Get a PC!
Damn that was funny, ChrissyOne. Thanks for the laughs!
Proves one thing: There’s no such thing as negative publicity.
“A horde of decaying zombies invaded San Francisco’s downtown Apple store on Friday evening, hunting for brains
What? They didn’t invade Best Buy to gnaw on Vista PC’s?
Pity they didn’t take some Zunes back to the underworld with them.
Yes, it is something when even the undead see the light.
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Gives new meaning to the term Genius Bar.
“The dead are a huge, untapped market.” Well actually, I believe they get tapped really good when they are embalmed.
Their “hunt for brains” did not include MicroSoft of course.
Who knew there were that many Republicans in San Francisco?
This is neat, you always have “sponsored links” add’s, attached by “keywords”
with Apple articles, its always computer adds “memory , ect”
this one had a few like this
Eating Disorder Help
Nation’s Leading Treatment Programs For Eating Disorders in Children.
http://www.remudaranch.com
Nutritious Snack Crisps
Flat Earth Crisps Made With Real Fruit & Vegetables. No Trans Fat!
impossiblygood.com
Ok… C1 get’s the first, official, AMPAR award!
That was hilariously funnny Chrissy.
MDN is same, as in C1’s humor is the same as Ampar’s – R.I.P.
Sparticus… it’s Saturday morning bro, give it a rest.
Those weren’t zombies. Those were macfanbois driven mad by the interminable wait for Apple products (i.e. iPhone, Leopard); the mind bending anxiety of not knowing what will and what will not be discussed as future products, features, and strategies at WWDC 2007; and the excruciating torment of not hearing Jobs speak those exhilarating words “…one more thing”.
May I suggest my personal fantasies for WWDC “news”,
1. Mac “mini” with dual monitor functionality, Core 2 Duo (greater than or equal to 2 GHz), 4 meg L2 cache, up to 2 meg RAM, SuperDrive, 250GB hard drive, and independent graphics card.
2. Prospective specs and release time(s) for 45-nm-based Macs.
3. MacBook Pros with hybrid storage: 80GB flash and 120 to 250GB magnetic.
At least the Republican zombies were hunting for more brains, Democrat zombies recoil at the sight of cerebral tissue.
@ C1: Even the dead are not immune to viruses!
@ Crabapple
Well now they CAN BE with the new MacBook.
That’s right, it’s the same lovable MacBook at a new lovable speed. Perfect for playing all your favorite tracks by Rob Zombie, Marylin Manson and Orodruin in iTunes, creating Michael Jackson videos, watching movies like Begotten, and playing great games like Quake 4.
Now available in Black!!!
-c
“At least the Republican zombies were hunting for more brains”
Must…resist….temptation….
Gonzales….jokes….too….easy…..
Cant….reach…utility….belt….
<gasp!>
U guys get it all wrong…
These are people who have been exposed to the M$ Vista operating system for more than 3 hours.
You know…if you have enough spare time on your hands to dress up and walk around like a zombie…
Talk about needing to “get a life.”
@ Spartacus
At least the Republican zombies were hunting for more brains
It amuses me to no end that regardless of how much we now know about the Bush Administrations lies and the cynical way they exploited US patriotism to pursue their own selfish goals there are still people who line up to defend or even promote Republicans and the Republican Party. Your ideology is bankrupt. You should look to that first before casting aspersions.
It amazes me when MDN posts a humorous story — one about good clean fun — some people cant resist the temptation to degrade the discussion into a political free-for-all ..
For those dim-wits who dont follow history .. this country’s political atmosphere swings on a pendulum … It swings right for a time .. then back to the left …
Back n forth .. again and again ..
And thats the beauty of our system !! … All voices are valid and important ..
Those who spew hate for one side or another are like these brainless zombies …
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Oh yeah … Chrissy … youre in rare form today !!
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