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.
Oh that would be so much fun. I have no clue where we would put it…but I might be able to find space :)
I love the idea of this touch screen! Oh how wonderful it would be to be able to communicate with my family and friends that my husband and I have had to separate from due to him being in the Army. It would also be neat to communicate with him while he is deployed. Oh a girl can dream!!!
I’d put this in the office/2nd bedroom. It’s the only place a desktop type computer would fit! :)
looks like an awesome computer!
I’d probably give this to my bff whose laptop is on its last leg.
I would place it in the kids room, so they can do homework. Thanks for a great giveaway!
would love this!
puhLeeeez pick me random picker!
I would love this! I would put it in the kitchen where everyone can use it and see it!
I tweeted! http://twitter.com/daddygeek/statuses/6768097817
Definitely it would go in my sewing room/office since that is where I spend most of my time. I MIGHT even consider getting a pretty little desk for it. (My laptop lives on an old school table.)
I would absolutely LOVE this!! I would put it right on my desk where my old computer is and throw that ancient thing away!!
I would put this in my craft room and learn how to do digital scrapbooking. Thanks for offering such an awesome giveaway!
I would definitely use this computer! My current home computer won’t even turn on, and I’m going back to grad. school in January! I’m a teacher and a single mother, so I have a very fixed income. This would be awesome! Thanks for the offer.
just brought my nine year old computer back from the computer doctor…its on life support
I’d put it on my worktable where it would be surrounded by a menagerie of silliness.
My computer would go in my bedroom on my desk! Sharing a house with 5 other ladies can get hectic, and I’d want to keep it protected: life hasn’t been treating my poor notebook too well, so I’d love having this machine around to share the burden!
Hmmm … I think I’d have to put it in the kitchen.
I would put it on the desk in my dining room. I love the idea of it reading the recipes while I work in the kitchen. My older kids are getting into cooking too and I’m sure they would love it as well.
Wow….this is a wonderful item!! How we would love to win this please pick us!
Oooh what a great giveaway! We’re moving at the end of December, so I think I’d probably put it on top of my hand-me-down (from my mom), soon-to-be-painted (gray or white??) bamboo desk in our new office! :)
I would put this in my office…no, wait….bedroom!
Wow is about all I can say, WOW…
I would love one for Christmas!
I can’t believe how cool HP computers are…we’d love to have a touch screen computer in our house….we’d happily keep windex in business too!
I’ve been a stay at home mom for the last seven years. My youngest just started Kindergarten this year and I’m taking this oppurtinity to go to college. I would love a new computer to help with my on-line classes.
bjkoz5@verizon.net
I would love to win this!!! I can’t decide where I would put it. Probably in the office on in the living room!
This computer would be the cherry on top of my college graduation in April!!
I would love this computer for all of my family photos!
I tweeted! http://twitter.com/mlmartin2
I blogged!http://sassynscrapping.blogspot.com/2009/12/free-computer_3847.html
My wife and I are foster parents to 5 beautiful kids. She is also a teacher and I am disabled with RA. A computer like this would make our lives so much easier. I hope we are choosen.
salandsharilyn@gmail.com
I would put mine in the family room on a desk that my Dad and I made. The base of the desk is made from the old porch columns my parents “rescued” when they learned the first house they lived in together was going being torn down.
Thanks for the change to win a new computer!
I would put this is our playroom/sunroom. The kids would love to have it in their. It’s our favorite room of the house!
I would put that beauty in my scrappystamp space.
It is the happiest,purdyest & yes, I know thats not a word, space in my home, I’m gonna go create the perfect spot for it right now :)
I’m ready to receive!
Thank you for the chance to win.
I would definitely put my new HP in my office where it belongs. Being a WAHM (work-at-home-mom) I could definitely use a new machine.
If I had a computer like that I would keep it in my room… away from my two kids. ;)
I would put it in our office!!
Hope I win!
I would put it in my work space…Thanks-
Steve
I would TOSS my slow dilapidated computer out the window and place the new computer in the living room for all to see! ♥
theredheadriter (at) aol (dot) com
This computer would definitely go in our family room.
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blogged about it
http://rrbrcontest.blogspot.com/2009/12/hp-touchsmart-giveaway.html
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This would go in the office, replacing my 7 year old behemoth.
It would go right in my bedroom where my PC is collecting dust. It crashed about a year ago and I’ve been borrowing my employers laptop for about 4 months. It stinks not having my own PC but this does the job for now.. Thanks for the chance to win !! :) courtneyssweets [at] hotmail.com :)
Definitely the kitchen! I use my laptop in the kitchen right now but we definitely have the space for a dedicated workstation. It’s been my dream to have a computer just for the kitchen!
I’d put this in the dining area. That way, I could still be in the same area as my family and quickly do things on the computer without being banished to the basement like I currently am! :-)
I blogged about this at ourbabieswearsocks.blogspot.com
Please enter me. I would put this in the study but maybe pull it out once my three year old is a little older. :)
Would love to get my hands on this computer. it looks so amazing.
Oh I WANT this SO bad!! Pick ME Mr. Random!!
Valerie Pfeifer
bpfeifer32@hotmail.com
I would put it in my guest room office. Thanks for the chance to win such an amazing prize.
I’d put this in my kitchen, would be a great addition and no more running from room to room when using recipes online.
Tweet: http://twitter.com/wrestlingaddict/status/6785041955
I would put this in my bedroom as I don’t have an office yet.
great computer!
We really need a new computer!
I love the idea of putting it in my closet so no one can touch it but in the end it would go on my desk in my home office. I might even use it for work LOL
I would put in the Kitchen so I can always see what my kids are doing on the computer!
I would place it on my desk in my bedroom(for protection). Merry Christmas! sue
I have a teen daughter who is needing the computer more and more for paper writing… this would be so GREAT to have in the home so we’re not “fighting” over the computer. :)
I have a cute little blue office… the perfect place for an awesome HP computer!
I would LOVE to put this in my office/craft room! But maybe I would share it with the hubby and put it in the family room. Maybe!
Love the computer. I would totally put it in the bedroom away from the 2-year old and his wonderfully grubby fingers and tendency to bounce off walls. And maybe, just maybe I would let Daddy touch it. ;)
I rent the upstairs of a house so I would put it on my tv stand/desk in my bedroom err living room err whatever you call it! lol. :)
awesome giveaway!
I would put this in my living room so every one could see my great computer!!!
I would put it in the kitchen where my mom likes to look up recipes and put photos of my son for the family to enjoy.
babyhazelton@gmail.com
I would put this wonderful computer in my office where noone could touch it. It would be so useful.
I blogged this giveaway here
http://mommyblessingsinsmallbundles.blogspot.com/2009/11/hp-touchsmart-600-giveaway.html
I tweeted this giveaway here http://twitter.com/gijeanie/status/6795103663
this beautiful sexy machine would travel between my kitchen and my sewing studio….which means i wouldn’t let it leave my side!!!
I would put it in my bedroom-turned office that I’m planning for next year! Thanks!
i live in a small apartment, so this would go front and center in the living room/dining room!
I would definitely put it in my kitchen. I even have the perfect place for it…on the counter next to my fridge…i could even mount it there…woohoo…keeping my fingers crossed!!! Thank you very much!
I would put this awesome computer in our family room for all to share. Close enough to the kitchen for recipes, easy access for our toddler to explore, and a nice place to study for grad school when the family has gone to bed!
I blogged about it!
The computer would go in our tiny home office.
This is so slim, I could have it in our living room where our kids can learn how to use the computer!
Oh. My. On the breakfast counter in between the kitchen/living room so I could use that Recipe Box feature AND watch The Office reruns with my coffee! (I thought that only existed in my dreams!) and so I wouldn’t really look like I was hogging it from any one else using it, but really, I might.
When I recently visited home, I got to play around on this computer, since my parents had just purchased one. It was fantastic! I like how its an all-in-one desktop, with no tower, and I love how the screen is so large! This would be perfect for my desk at home (especially since my laptop is on the fritz and I’ll have to soon replace it). Happy Holidays!
I would put this lovey in my Dining Room on the family computer desk, my daughter and I were just checking one of these out the other day!!
I would put in on the lovely desk that used to be my great-grandma’s. My father-in-law recently did a complete overhaul on it.
I would put this computer on the breakfast bar and use it for recipes and to edit photos of my sweet baby girl!
We would put the computer in our guestroom/office until we sell our home. Then, a beauty like that may just need it’s own room built just to hold it! :o)
Thanks for hosting this giveaway!
I tweeted! http://twitter.com/nikkijb78
I tweeted! I tweeted! https://www.boomama.net/hp-touchsmart-600-giveaway/ :)
I blogged about it: http://adropinourbucket.blogspot.com/2009/12/win-some-stuff.html
I’m just starting out as an Elementary teacher next year, trying to build my classroom tools and supplies… I would LOVE to put this amazing computer in my first classroom!!
I would put this computer on a beautiful, refinished black 70’s era desk next to a vase of fresh red poppies.
I would put this in our office, which we call STUDIO. It’s a space my husband and I share. He reads and studies, I sew…
This computer is awesome! I have Progressive Multiple Sclerosis & am basically confined to my home with my 2 boys, one of which has Cerebral Palsy. The nerve damage caused by the MS has gone to my hands so the touch screen would be a GREAT asset! It looks like such an easy computer to operate which is a definite benefit in this household!
i tweeted!
http://twitter.com/_jenn/status/6804120931
I would definately put this in my office.
Thanks for the chance to win!
i blogged!
http://jenn-writes.blogspot.com/2009/12/i-like-really-want-to-win-this.html
I would love to put this in our home office. Our laptop just died and we really need a new updated computer for our small business!
I also blogged about this:
http://seanandlisasparling.blogspot.com/2009/12/computer-giveaway.html
I would put the computer in my office. It would be great for my new business.
OMG–I would love to win because I’m a school teacher and I’ve developed carpel tunnel. The touch screen would eliminate the shooting pains I feel when I type of student practice pages. I used to teach technology classes to teachers but I can’t cuz of the pain. I’d put the computer in my sewing room so I can make sure it’s safe and secure. Oh boy–I hope to win!!!
Would love to win this fun computer!
I would put it in my office so I don’t have to carry my laptop back and forth from home anymore
Hi BooMama…
I would love to have it in my bedroom, on my old school circa 1970s desk!
Merry Christmas!!