Pre-BF preparations: Ate dinner by 5PM, slept for 3 hours and showered around 10PM. Best Buy - 11:00 PM Pacific there were already 50 people in line and a minimum of 10 laptops per store. We gave up. Circuit City - 11:20 PM Pacific after discovering Krispy Kreme closes at 11:00 PM we staked our place in line about 30th in line. This very nervous/anxious woman was KICKING HERSELF for watching NBC's "The Apprentice" and not going there sooner. Of course there were no free or unsecured WiFi networks available so the laptop was useless. After waiting about 30 minutes in our foldable chairs my curiosity got to me. So I went to the front "campire" group of 20 people asking who's in line for the laptop? They replied in unisom "We are! There's 25 to 30 people waiting for 15 laptops". I told the nervous chatty woman good luck and we returned to the car. People started lining up around 8PM, the first person was there at 6PM. CompUSA - 11:59 PM Pacifc they opened, but the neon sign outdoor sign wasn't on? I'm not sure how many people were in line because they all rushed into the store. The parking lot was almost full and there were at least 70 cars. I couldn't see anything in the store that caught my eye so we just window shopped. The beautiful HP Pavilion DV4000 laptop had internet access so I changed it's homepage to Black Friday @ GottaDeal.com So now we're back in our dry and comfortable home, wide awake and without a laptop. Now I gotta find a way to spend $265 BBB before December 3, 2005. Fun fun fun! Lessons for Black Friday 2006: Get there between 6:00 - 7:00 PMBring foldable chairs againBring gloves and umbrella'sTake no prisoners!!!