What it was like to buy the very first iPad at the Apple Store 5 years ago

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Apple came out with the very first iPad five years ago today.

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Then, Quartz's Dan Frommer ran out to the Apple Store, eager with anticipation.

"So I got on the train, went into Manhattan, and got one!" Frommer wrote on Business Insider back then.

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"It was surprisingly quick. From the back of the line to paying only took 15 minutes." He documented the whole iPad buying experience on Business Insider.

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