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.
My daughter would love this computer! Thanks for the giveaway.
I’d put it in my den, up high where my wee-one’s can’t reach it!
My daughter would love this computer! Thanks for the giveaway!!
In my room, so I can use it after I put the baby to bed!
I would place this in our kitchen on a old kitchen table, which just happens to be our desk. Our current desktop is giving us fits and this sleek, modern piece of technology would be the PERFECT replacement!
Wow, this would be awesome to win, I’d put mine on my curb side treasure table that I repainted and use for my work area.
I’d put in in the living room.
My husband might finally organize his desk, since the whole family would use it!
Oh, my computer is in the process of dying – this would be amazing to have! I would put it on top of my desk in the living room that has traveled with me from TN to NYC and back to TN!
Tweeted!
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Such a great computer! It would make a super After-Christmas gift for my family!
In our office which oddly enough doesn’t have a computer in it!
We would put this beauty in our guest room since our “study” is in the process of being converted to a nursery!
I would LOVE to have this computer in my Kindergarten classroom! My autistic student and my English Language Learners would benefit in so many ways with such up to date technology! I’ve never been very lucky but hopefully that will change soon!
I would LOVE this computer! it would be perfect for my make-shift office in the kitchen :)
I would put it in my mom’s house as a gift to her. She keeps hers in her living room on a desk near her recliner. Merry Christmas :-)
I would put this in my living room for everyone to enjoy. I think this is an amazing giveaway and I know that my family would love it.
Please enter me.. my husband and I can’t afford to replace his computer and it’s on the outs. We’d love this!
I would put it in my bedroom and retire my current laptop that is held together with pink duct tape.
We recently moved into a tiny house, so small in fact that in order to have a workspace we converted the closet in our bedroom into an office nook. It’s an unusual use of the space, but we love it. A new computer would complete our nook nicely!
Please choose me! We need a new computer! I work from home some, so I will put it in my home office!!
What a great giveaway!! Thanks for the chance. I think I would put it in our family room, where we could use it but be together too!
Yippy skippy! Wowsa! That’s all I’ve got. This is so far out of my league :)
I blogged about the giveaway!
http://fortheloveofcoupons.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/giveaway/
I blogged about this awesome opportunity too! http://zacharyandamy.blogspot.com/2009/12/hp-touchsmart-giveaways.html
Wow! This is totally awesome! I’d definitely put this computer in my kitchen so I could let it tell me how to cook! :)
Oh boy, it would either go in the kitchen or the living room… I can’t really decide!
I would put it in my brand new office, on my brand new desk, in my brand new (well to me) 1st house!
That is so cool!
the kitchen!
Oh this lovely gem would go in my living room!
Oh please pick me for all that is holy and good!!! I have the hoopty computer that is slightly scary.
I would hide that baby and whisper sweet things to it. Or I would put it in the office and build a shrine to it. If I do it right it will be like camouflage that only I can see through.
I would have to find a place to put it! I have a desk in the basement – and would just need to make room upstairs for it!
it would go in the living room for all to enjoy!
I tweeted!
http://twitter.com/littlebitsphoto
I would put it in my rec room/office to replace the aging desktop.
i would put it in our living room!!!!!
Well, let’s see our computer died this week! I would put it in the den where it can be beheld by all!! =)
williams4676@bellsouth.net!
Merry Christmas! Love Jenny Hope!
AND I tweeted about it! http://twitter.com/LexiLynneDesign
I would consider becoming a full time blogger if I won this great HP!
i would put it upstairs at the computer desk for us all to enjoy!
I work from home and this would be a great help!!!
i would put it in the family room where the whole family could use it.
I would love a computer like that! What an awesome giveaway. It would probably end up being put in the living room do the whole family could share it.
I would put it on our built in desk which is in the living room!
I would put this in the family room right beside the kitchen so I could using the talking recipe box feature too!
Sounds like an awesome computer! What a great giveaway! We have our computer in a little nook between our living room and kitchen, which is great for everything we use it for.
I would love this computer….the recipe feature sounds awesome!!! :-)
I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A NEW COMPUTER!!
I am a full time college student and mommy of 2 (plus one on the way!)
I’m due in January and for this semester and next, all of my classes are online so that I can stay home with my babies.
PLEASE PICK ME!! :) :)
brooke.kiel@hotmail.com
Brooke Kiel
This computer is awsome and I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE IT!!!
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I would replace my old one and put it in the den….!! So cool!!
blogged it. http://scottandwhitney.blogspot.com/
I would LOVE to win this computer! Our family needs one OH so badly!
I blogged also!
http://nienie-reviews.blogspot.com/
I would love to win a new HP touch computer! I think I would have to place it in my kitchen to start off with, but I’m sure it would end up in my bedroom before to long! :-)
I would have to put this computer in my craft room. I’d want to keep this baby as nice and new as possible! So it would have to stay away from the animals and my husband’s dirty fingers not eating while on this computer!
I would put it in my office… or maybe kitchen where it would be handy all the time!
I really hope I win!
I would put it in our living room, so we can all enjoy it and be on the computer at the same time!
I HAVE PUT YOU ON MY GOOGLE READER ~ WHAT A GREAT BLOG YOU HAVE TO PASS ON TO OTHERS! I WANT TO TOTALLY WIN THIS ONE!!!
I would love to win a new computer – my parents desperately need one, and this would be a wonderful thing to give to them.
I would put this computer in my office on top of my empty desk!!
I tweeted
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I would put that pretty little computer in my kitchen and love it so much!
I have been shopping for a new laptop, but this would be AWESome!!
You know those moments when a loved one FLIPS because you got them the PERFECT gift? I would totally love to watch my husbands face if I win. He’s a total nerd who would LOVE this! And just like your husband he would want to mount it on the wall and then pretend he’s commanding a ship in the Star Fleet. Marvelous. Which wall? I’m sure he’d test drive it around the house.
I blogged about the giveaway!
My Blog
What a great give away. My husband, Kids , and i are always trying to use our computer at the same time. if we won it , it would go in our family room.
Email – donnie76@windstream.net
Oops please ignore my previous post here is the corrected link!
http://livinglifeasamrs.blogspot.com/2009/12/i-entered-did-you.html
I’d use it in the guest room… I think that might be a nice feature.
I would love to win, since our computer system crashed. Thanks!
Hey, Thanks for the chance to win this baby. If we got it, we’d most likely put in our living room…soo all could enjoy it! Thanks again!
I would give the computer to my grandchildren. They all 3 excell in school and it would be such an asset to them to have a nice computer in their home.
If I had a place in my kitchen, that’s where it would go. I think we’d make a new computer area in our living room though if I won. Right now we have a laptop so we have no real office area.
blogged it
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http://twitter.com/mommy2benny/status/6509635621
Oh awesome! I would put it in the family room!!!
It would go in the family room for all to use!!!!!
My computer is on its last leg. This would be a great christmas gift for me!!! Great giveaway!!!
I would put this computer in the family room, and I would use it to go back to school, I really want to be a nurse someday, but for now I stay home and take care of the little ones.
I’d put it in the kitchen, for sure. Which essentially means everyone would touch it, but that’s okay… this looks too good not to share!
I would love to win this awesome new computer! Infact I just went last night and looked at the new HP all-in-one computers and told my husband I would love to have one!
Family room…maybe even replace the TV…???
Love it!
Ooohhh! This is so cool, I would put it in our office! We would have a great time with it!
This would go in our guest room/office! I will start working from home more in a few months when our first child is born, so this would be awesome!
I would paint a little desk red and put it in my husbands office so we can both be on the computer at the same time and spend time together.
if i won this it would go in our living room. i would be so proud of it that i’d have to put it on display!
Aren’t you the coolest???
I would love this one, my current monitor is as big as my desk. So 90’s!!!!
playroom
I just posted this on my blog, again I would love to win this and be able to take care of my kids and go to school. This could change my life. http://shel-chrishel.blogspot.com/2009/12/boo-mamas-blog.html
I would put it in the den on the main floor of the house so I don’t have to sit in the dingy basement!
Wow. I cannot get over how incredible that computer is! What a fun Christmas surprise if I won. Now if it could just do all that amazing stuff and scrub my floors…..I’d run out and buy one today!
-Sherri
I would love to replace my old dell on my old desk with this new fancy dell. It would be so great!
We are closing on our first home NEXT WEEK and so I would put it there in our new study. Our current laptop monitor is turning pink and since we just bought a house and all that, we are spending money on things like refrigerators and not on things like a monitor that is not pink!!
Suh-weet! Husband was just saying our desktop is getting pretty old, and that thing looks so sassy! Sign me up!
I would love to have an awesome desktop computer for my home!!!
I would love to put this in my kitchen! I keep my recipes on my computer, so that would be great!
Tweeted, too:
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Blogged it
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Ohh – what a pretty computer. I love your background picture too! If I won, I would put it in my office!!!
I linked to your contest on my facebook.. I think this is just what somebody needs for christmas. I hope that somebody is me, but if not, this will make somebody really really happy. What a cool contest. http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=1245843757&ref=mf
I would put it in the kitchen so I could have all my new recipes close at hand and could view the pics and instructions while keeping up with all my blogger friends.