HP TouchSmart 600 Giveaway
This is a compensated review by BlogHer and HP.
A few weeks ago I got an email asking if I’d be interested in reviewing a new HP TouchSmart 600 computer. And yes, I was interested, because I am a nerd and always terribly entertained by anything that plugs in and has a screen, but since I’d never seen the TouchSmart before, I had a mental image of a big, clunky desktop coming into the house. Besides that, we haven’t owned a PC in about ten years, and part of me wondered if accepting the HP was some unforgivable act of Mac betrayal.
But then I remembered the 10 year-old Mac desktop in my office (that, bless its heart, can’t run more than two applications at a time before it starts to wheeze), and I got over my reservations. BRING ON THE HP.
The new TouchSmart arrived a few days later, and y’all, I cannot tell you how impressed we have been by this computer. We love it. It looks great (do you see how skinny it is?), and when David was setting it up, I actually asked him where the rest of it was. It’s essentially the same size as a flat-screen TV. In fact, it can work as a TV – you just plug in your cable and you’re good to go. It can also work as a DVR (CAN I GET AN AMEN?) or a BluRay movie player. There’s even a remote. Be still my heart.
And I wish y’all could have seen my husband’s reaction when he realized that you can mount the TouchSmart on the wall. Suffice it to say that his eyes lit up and then glazed over and I thought for a brief moment that he might need to sit down and put his head between his knees.
We started using the TouchSmart approximately 53 seconds after we set it up, and while I didn’t know how much I’d use all the bells and whistles in our day-to-day routine, I have to say that the touchscreen features are actually my very favorite part. Besides the fact that it makes me feel like Tom Cruise in “Minority Report” when I move my finger around the screen and resize pictures and create collages and pretend like I’m some sort of technological wizard, it’s just so EASY. I can write notes, save recipes, browse the web, play a movie via our Netflix account, laugh at something on Hulu, listen to my Pandora playlist, edit photos and so much more – all without touching a keyboard or a mouse. The computer HAS a keyboard and a mouse, of course (they’re wireless!), and you can use them with any of the TouchSmart applications – but once you get the hang of the touchscreen, it’s oh-so-convenient and fun.
I really could go on and on – about how Alex loves it, about how the touchscreen is COMPLETELY intuitive for a child, about how I adore the Recipe Box feature that lets me add any recipe I happen to run across on the web and will even READ THE RECIPE OUT LOUD TO ME while I cook. But I’m going to quit talking now because we need to get this giveaway started. I think it’s time.
So.
If you’d like to win an HP TouchSmart 600 computer, leave a comment below and tell me where you’d put the computer if you won. Family room? Office? Playroom? Kitchen? Inside Mama’s closet where NO ONE ELSE CAN TOUCH IT? On top of a thrift store desk that you overhauled with turquoise spray paint?
Or, if you’d like, you can leave a comment with a link to a post about the HP on your blog.
And whatever you do, please make sure that your email address is correct.
This contest will begin December 9th and end December 24th.
Before I forget:
1) If you’d like more information about this computer, just click on over to HP’s official site.
2) Rules!
• No duplicate comments.
• You may receive an additional entry by linking on Twitter and leaving a link in the comments.
• You may receive an additional entry by blogging about this contest and leaving a link in the comments.
• This giveaway is open to US Residents, aged 18 and older (I’m so sorry, Canada).
• Winners will be selected via random draw, and will notified by e-mail.
• You have 48 hours to get back to me; otherwise a new winner will be selected.
• Please see the official rules here: Official Rules.
The winner will be selected using random.org.
Also, there are four other bloggers giving away the HP TouchSmart 600 (that means there are five free computers up for grabs, people), so check out the BlogHer.com special offers page for links to their sites. You can enter to win on all five blogs.
Happy TouchSmarting, everybody!
Thursday 12/10 at 8:40pm – comments seem to be working just fine again. Thanks for your patience!
This giveaway is now closed.
December 9th, 2009 at 11:12 am
i would put it in my guest room where my lovely desk is…thanks a ton!
December 9th, 2009 at 11:13 am
ooh, i’d definitely put it in my living room!!!! Since it’s so skinny and all, y’know– and I can keep an eye on what the kids are doing on it!
December 9th, 2009 at 11:13 am
I would put the computer in my bedroom so that I could finish the book I started. Plus the kids could use the living room computer more! Thanks!
December 9th, 2009 at 11:15 am
I would put it in our office. My current computer does a LOT of “wheezing” these days!
December 9th, 2009 at 11:15 am
In the family room – so we can keep an eye on the kiddos and their activities :-)
December 9th, 2009 at 11:16 am
I would put it right here on my desk where my current ancient wheezing computer sits. It took me five minutes to pull up this page, that’s how bad I need this computer.
December 9th, 2009 at 11:18 am
I would put it in the office right next to our kitchen…we have a dinosaur desktop that I would LOVE to replace!!
December 9th, 2009 at 11:19 am
I would love a computer! Let’s see…where would I put it… I’d probably put it in the living room so it’s in the ‘public eye’. And I’d have to find something to put it on, like from Anthropologie or something that looks Anthropologie-ish but isn’t as pricey – something like your turquoise painted desk (LOVE IT!).
December 9th, 2009 at 11:19 am
In our living room, replacing my wife’s ancient laptop!
December 9th, 2009 at 11:19 am
Interesting. I’d put it in the office, but could move it into another part of the house after experiencing the wonders of touch screen.
Leni
December 9th, 2009 at 11:20 am
I would put it in a desk in my closet at which point I would ban the husband and kids from ever touching. Holla.
December 9th, 2009 at 11:20 am
Awesome!! I would put it on my new desk from Ikea that I hardly ever sit at because my computer in there is ancient. Oh, I so hope I win ;-)
December 9th, 2009 at 11:21 am
It would be put in the guest room, my Momma needs a new computer!
December 9th, 2009 at 11:22 am
It would go in my lovely office…..
December 9th, 2009 at 11:22 am
I tweeted. :)
@laceyfran
December 9th, 2009 at 11:22 am
Oh, I also tweeted about this but I’m not exactly sure how to link to my tweet??? I’m a new twitterer (tweeter?) so I may be doing this all wrong! http://twitter.com/faithymay1
December 9th, 2009 at 11:23 am
I would put this computer in my husband’s home office. He would love this!
December 9th, 2009 at 11:23 am
It would go either go in our office on the desk (if my husband has his way) or on the wall in the kitchen (if I have my way) so I can use it to access recipes, television, etc…
December 9th, 2009 at 11:23 am
tweeted…..
http://twitter.com/jennipearl/status/6502446570
December 9th, 2009 at 11:23 am
I would put it out in the kitchen so I can check my email and make chocolate chip cookies at the same time!
December 9th, 2009 at 11:23 am
I think I would put it in the office. Or my closet, depending on how things are going when I win :)
December 9th, 2009 at 11:23 am
I would put it on my desk at home because my own computer is broken and I have to use my husband’s work computer and it’s not always home when I NEED it!
December 9th, 2009 at 11:23 am
I would definitely put it in the closet where no one can touch it but me!!! LOL!
Probably in my kitchen.
December 9th, 2009 at 11:23 am
Oh my!!! I would put in on our computer desk in our kitchen!
December 9th, 2009 at 11:24 am
I want one of these!! I would mount it on the wall of the living room so all 5 of the techies in my house could fight over it!
December 9th, 2009 at 11:24 am
I have a thrift store desk as well and that is where I would put this computer. I’ve actually been thinking of buying this computer…so, I should totally WIN!
December 9th, 2009 at 11:25 am
seriously? you want to know where i’d put it? right where my OLD HOOPTY one is right now. the one that takes 22 minutes for me to check email.
yes, please. merry christmas boomama.
December 9th, 2009 at 11:27 am
OH.MY.STARS! I would LOVE one of these…wouldn’t it be fabulous in the office? I have an old desk, by old I mean pre-computer times, and my computer FILLS IT UP, leaving no room for pen and paper (I know, who needs pen and paper, right?). Anyway, this would certainly “clear up” my space problem (funny pun) and I might even be able to do some crafty goodness on the desk! :)
December 9th, 2009 at 11:27 am
Oh how I’d enjoy that computer. I’d put it in my office to replace my 6 yr old Dell! Gotta love giveaways…
Lisa C in TN
December 9th, 2009 at 11:27 am
I would put it…. Ummm. I don’t know! I might build it its own room. That work?
December 9th, 2009 at 11:29 am
In my family room so the whole family can play on it.
December 9th, 2009 at 11:29 am
So cool! I would put it in the guest room where my old outdated computer is.
December 9th, 2009 at 11:30 am
I totally linked to your post here: http://emilyjonathan.blogspot.com/2009/12/computer-giveaway.html
This computer is AWESOME!
December 9th, 2009 at 11:31 am
Wow, I would put it on my desk in our home office to replace my 2003 laptop which is on its last leg (sniff sniff!). Thanks!
December 9th, 2009 at 11:31 am
I would put this in our office because the desktop up there is slower than molasses. AWESOME HP! :)
December 9th, 2009 at 11:32 am
I would put it in my kitchen for easy recipe access!
December 9th, 2009 at 11:32 am
I would put this in our office to replace the old, beat-up clunker we have there now.
December 9th, 2009 at 11:32 am
I would put it in my bedroom on the desk where my currently dead computer is taking up space and collecting dust.
December 9th, 2009 at 11:32 am
I tweeted about this: http://twitter.com/sandyswhite
December 9th, 2009 at 11:33 am
I’d put it on the desk in our home office….as soon as I clean it off.
December 9th, 2009 at 11:34 am
oh my word I would LOVE this! and i’d probably put it in the family room even though i wouldn’t want to share!
December 9th, 2009 at 11:34 am
I blogged about this: http://foodstorageutah.blogspot.com/2009/12/free-computer.html
December 9th, 2009 at 11:34 am
What a HUMONGOUS little prize!! I think I’d put it in our sunroom-turned-office, though the reading the recipe out loud thing might earn it a place in the kitchen.
December 9th, 2009 at 11:35 am
I would put on the built-in desk in my kitchen so I could browse recipes online in my kitchen! Yes indeedy!
December 9th, 2009 at 11:36 am
I would hide this computer in my office/craft area-no sticky fingers allowed!
December 9th, 2009 at 11:36 am
I would have my husband mount it in my kitchen. Which would of course require a complete kitchen remodel. I don’t suppose you are giving away one of those tomorrow…
December 9th, 2009 at 11:36 am
I would put it in the kitchen!!!
December 9th, 2009 at 11:37 am
I would love this computer so much! I would probably mount it on the wall (yay!) in my craft/sunroom all for me! That would be so wonderful! :)
December 9th, 2009 at 11:37 am
I would put this in our back room which is our son’s domain. I’d even share it with him! :)
December 9th, 2009 at 11:38 am
I would put it in my bedroom. Thanks for offering the giveaway!