Apple iPad: shorter queues but new iPad draws PC owners Around 400 people were in the queue at the Regent Street Apple store when doors opened at 8am today, a survey found. Last year, when the iPad 2 went on sale, more than 600 people were in line when the doors opened. Dynamo PR spoke to those in the queue and found that 63 per cent of those in line were PC owners, compared with 44 per cent last year and 25 per cent in 2010 when the first iPad went on sale. The average age of those queueing was 26 and 88 per cent of those in line were men. The surprising difference in this year's iPad launch compared to other years is the actual number of people queuing. It's significantly less than previous years. Whether that means pre-orders have been more successful, or selling in other retail stores takes some of this burden only Apple would be able to answer," said Paul Cockerton of Dynamo PR. Zohaib Ali, from Uxbridge in west London, was at the front of the queue, having waited for 141 hours to be the first to get the new iPad. The new iPad was announced last week by Tim Cook, Apple's chief executive, in San Francisco last week. It has a high resolution 'retina' display that has four times as many pixels as the iPad 2, improved graphics performance and a better camera.