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.
I would love to win this! Not only for business uses, but I’d love it for the photo editing and recipe box features too! Thanks!
I would put it in our new playroom:)
Oh how I love thee, let me count the ways…
1) I could e-mail my family photos of my kids so much easier.
2) I could keep up with my personal blog and cooking blog easier.
3) I could run my website, http://www.DFWAreaMoms.com, so much easier.
Oh the things I could do with this beautiful touchscreen computer.
hope I win! This computer looks sweet!
it would go in the master bedroom where hubby and i like to watch movies on the laptop!
id put it in the family room
Wow! I wanna be like the people in CSI who flick the windows around the screen with their fingers!!!!!
I’d put this fabulous piece of equipment on my desk, where I write, study, read and run my little fiefdom.
Thanks!!!
kim
I could really use a new computer–our old HP died this summer :( We are praying for a resurrection, though! Much fun and VERY SASSY!!
Love this computer!! I would put it in our guest bedroom in the place of our ancient computer!! LOL
I would love to have this computer on the desk in my study. Thanks for the great giveaway!
I would put it at “mommy’s desk”! thanks
I would love to win! I spend hours a day on the computer and it is awesome to have that touch feature. I communicate with my whole family who is out of state online and this would be great to use in the future!
I would leave it in the kitchen to tell me recipes! How awesome is that?
In my office… boy would that be a welcome (and overdue) addition.
Thanks for the chance!
If I won I would put this beauty in my office! What a great giveaway!
Michele
I would love to have this computer to replace my 9 year old imac which presently sits in my over stuffed office that we hope to turn into a nursery soon. I would set this up at a writting desk in our bedroom where the whole family could use it, especially my boys.
Praying to win
Daily laying it at the Master’s feet!
Laura Ann
LOVE and NEED this computer! I would put it in our office/guest bedroom.
I would but the computer in the office or maybe in my room where kids will never touch it!
I totally need a new computer! What a blessing this would be! *crosses fingers* ;-)
I would put it in our den/family room/desk ‘study’ area. It would be a prized, bragged upon addition to our home for sure!
I would totally put this in my kitchen!!! I’d love to win. :-)
I would put a new computer in my bedroom, away from sticky kid fingers :)
Wow – what a beautiful PC. It would be very welcomed in my home… My daugter would use it for school work (and playing!)
I live in an apartment so my options are limited, but I’m thinking it would go great in my bedroom.
This would be great to replace my husband’s old computer, and he would love the touch screen since he had to get rid of his iphone.
Well, Mr. Laptop here would find a new home and Ms. HP would take over the lovely desk area!
I. WOULD. LOVE. THAT.
I would put it right in the middle of my kitchen so everyone can have a chance to use it. It looks and sounds so fancy I think we all may fight over it!
OHMYPICKLES! OK, I left HP and Windows this past February for a MacBookPro. I had 9 months of bad HP Customer Service and recalls on my HP laptop. I had had it, but if this computer really lives up to the hype I’d gladly give it (them, HP) another chance. I have a special needs daughter who could really benefit from this touch screen and voice control options. We’ve (hubby and I) been talking about ways to help her via technology and this would be so helpful.
Rae, the SmockLady
http://thesmocklady.com/blog
p.s. I’d put it where the whole family could enjoy it and definitely where my 8 yr old daughter can use it!
wow i need this
i would probably give it to my parents – they’re desperately in need of a new computer!!!
absolutely love the idea of this pc!!! can’t wait for the drawing!! i hope we win :)
I would put it in the family room for all the kids to enjoy!
my husband and i are newlyweds and he’s currently finishing up his first semester of grad school for healthcare administration. his desktop broke down over the summer and money has been tight so it’s been hard to save up money off of just my income to buy a new one. we’re really hoping to get a new one soon so it can help with his schoolwork!
awesome giveaway! thanks so much!
I would put this in my sewing/computer/craft area, otherwise known as my basement. Where it would be thoroughly loved and appreciated by everyone in the house.
I’d put the computer in the office.
I’d love to win this to give to my husband. :)
I would love to have a computer that makes my recipes so much more accessible!
How fun! I think we would keep ours in the kitchen/family area. Thanks for letting me play along!
Well, if I were a good mom I’d say that the computer would go upstairs in the loft for the kids to do homework. But seeing as how I’m not that mom it would go in a secret hiding place that I can’t reveal on the world wide web for fear of being discovered. But trust me- it’s a GOOD place!
If I won this FANTASTIC computer, I would put in my KITCHEN – especially if it can read me the recipes! WOW! Thanks for the fabulous giveaway!
I would love to put this beautiful new computer on my desk!
Ummm….WOW. What an awesome giveaway!
In my art studio!!!!!!!!
my blog link is here
http://copelandsonthecusp.blogspot.com/2009/12/giveaway-but-not-from-me.html
Oh, I can just see this little beauty in our office. Of course, I’d have to knock the 13 year old away from the screen because he would probably be drooling on it! Or, maybe, I would give it a prime spot in the living room so we could all sit around and marvel at its technical genius.
I would keep it in our family room! Love how awesome this computer sounds!
I would put it in our kitchen!
I would give it to my mama who needs a new computer! She would put it in her scrapbook room :)
i would put it in the living room on the desk. fancy, huh? :)
I would put it in the family room. I’m sure my 4 year old will takeover!
I would love to win this computer! What a great giveaway! I would put it in the kitchen if I won.
This computer looks simply wonderful! I would put it in my kitchen, but it looks so easy to move I might just have to try it out in several locations!
i will put this HP whereever it wants to be! i need it!
I’d put it in my kitchen where my family ends up congregating most of the day!
I would LOVE to own one of these computers! I have never won anything…EVER. I think this would be a great start =)
I’d put this beauty in my little computer “niche” in the living area…for all to see and enjoy.
i tweeted it, too!
http://twitter.com/NikkitheMomma
I would put this on my corner desk off the kitchen. I would be lovely!
I would put the HP on my new desk in my bedroom!
I would put it in the study. It’s where our other computer lives, but we have two desks and one is empty!
Wow! I’m not sure I’m smart enough for that computer, but I’d sure love to try! I think I’d get a cute little desk for it and put it in the kitchen so everyone could play with it!
Kitchen!!
I would love this!!! Merry Christmas :)
I cannot believe they are giving this away, I would LOVE to win!!
I would put this in the family room. That way I can always see it!
milker02@hotmail.com
I would love to have this computer because it seems like it would be much more family friendly then my 9 year old imac. I would put it in our bedroom on a writting desk so that my 2 little Boys, husband, and I could all use it.
Daily laying it at the Master’s feet!
Laura Ann
Perfect for the new playroom we made for the kids!
In my bedroom on the night stand… and on my lap at a Board Meeting.
I think I’d put it in my kitchen, but then I’d want it in bedroom or maybe the living room… basically by my side 24/7 so I don’t think it would stay in one room for very long!
I would LOVE to put this fancy computer on my great grandfather’s desk that I have refinished in my office :)
Tweeted! http://twitter.com/IowaHell/status/6517321990
I blogged about this giveaway.
http://lauras2littleboys.blogspot.com/2009/12/hp-touchsmart-computer-giveaway-on-5.html
Daily laying it at the Master’s feet!
Laura Ann
I would definitely put it in my bedroom! I really need a new computer…mine is slowly dying!
I would put it in our home office to replace my husband’s ailing IBM thinkpad from his law school days.
Oh my! How great would this be! I would put it in our game room, or in the guest room if I decide I don’t want to share with anyone else.
I can tell you this…it would be a momma-only place….no kids…and especially no hubby!
i would use it in our school room…it would fit PERFECTLY!!
On the kitchen counter.
Keri, an undeserving, prodigal daughter of the Master
Tweeted! http://twitter.com/perk0130/status/6517379254
In the Kitchen!
I twittered about this giveaway
http://twitter.com/intdsglady/status/6516768986
Daily laying it at the Master’s feet!
Laura Ann
These features sound fabulous. I have an old HP laptop that has been good to me but it’s dying on me. I need something quick to transfer my photos to before this crashes!!
I’d use it to stream sports online! It would make my dreams come true but I would prob get fired from work…well worth it:)
In our house it would go on the desk in the living room, and the one that is currently there would go to my mom across the country :) How awesome!!
I would put this computer in my kitchen. Love your blog
Thanks
Would be lovely in our office ;)
Office. Definitely the office! I hope I win :)
We would put this in the sunroom…oh, I can just picture it there now :) Fingers crossed!
I would put it in my bedroom!
I would LOVE one of these!!! I would probably put it in my bedroom away from little (and big) hands!
I would replace my ancient 15+ years old laptop in our basement, where we spend most of our time together during the Winter months. It would be a great Christmas gift to us, since our old desktop crashed, our old Mac ibook died on me last year, and out humongous monitor takes most of our computer desk (if not all).
My kids would FREAK OUT for this one!!!
This would be perfect for my husband!! It would make the most amazing Christmas present for him :)
This would go in the living room on the desk.
I’ve been begging my hubby for a computer in my kitchen… this would be perfect!
This would be the perfect reason to put away the Christmas decorations (before March) and fill the empty nativity spot on the living room bookcase with something new. And maybe next year, I’d just have a nativity scene slideshow happening :)
I would definitely put this in the family room because it would be for all of us to enjoy! (i love that blue desk!!)
I would LOVE to have one of these and I would probably put it in our family room! Thanks!
Need a new computer for Christmas!
Thank you thank you thank you!!!