Updating my ipad to ios 5 took 4 hours

Just dowloading the update took over 3 hours and then the backup/restore part and then the verifying and the …. you get the picture.  Of course it’s my fault for wanting to have it on the first day of release when everyone and their mother, brother, uncle, sister etc want is too.  Earlier in the day I downloaded OS X 10.7.2 for my Mac Pro, and that took about 3 hours as well. 

Apple’s new data center really can’t take all this traffic, can it?  I hope all goes well with your updates.  Maybe you should wait a couple of days for the traffic to die down and you’ll probably download the updates in about 20 minutes.

WWDC 2011 is almost here. It's like Christmas in June.

I’m excited like a kid on Christmas morning. What’s not to like, iOS 5, OS X Lion, iCloud.  It would be nice if current MobileMe customers get iCloud streaming for free, but probably not likely.

DaringFireball’s John Gruber has posted his thoughts about today’s event but seems to know very little for certain. The most tantalizing quote he offers, but also one that he describes as fourth hand information is as follows:

Dont think of iCloud as the new MobileMe; think of iCloud as the new iTunes.

Did you know Apple is paying the big four music companies $150 million for the right to stream their music?

Anyway, I’m off to watch the live coverage on Engadget.