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 definitely put this at my desk in the kitchen which somehow has become the center of all activity in our home. My desk is very small and the computer would fit perfectly!! I would love having the computer where everyone could use it!!
I’d put it in my little home office or in my daughter’s college apartment! The little newlywed really could use a new computer!
Your old Mac sounds like our Dell… it got hubby through college (he went back to school when I was pregnant with our third son) and now our baby is 9…. and our ‘puter is tired! We’d love a new one… we already have a computer desk and everything… in our office/computer room/Wii room! :)
OMG I WOULD LOVE TO WIN THIS COMPUTER!!! AHHH!!
jacylann@gmail.com
thanks for the opprotunity!!
Office. Thanks for the giveaway!
I would definitely put it in the kitchen on that little desk at the end of the counter! That little spot is begging for something amazing like this!
I would replace the kids computer with out current desktop and we would put it in a place of honor on our desk in the office.
In my kitchen. That’s the hub of my house.
Oh this is awesome!! I think I would put it in my kitchen somewhere.
How cool!!!!!
This bad boy would go in my kitchen….maybe. Or my office…maybe. We will be “borrowing” my parents basement for a few months while we move across the country, so hopefully I will have a place to put it soon!!!!!!
oh gosh…I’d put that beauty in the kitchen since that’s where I practically live…
Thanks for the chance!
I would put it in my kitchen where everyone could enjoy. Thanks for the giveaway!
Oh my goodness I didn’t realize I could enter at ALL the sites!! WOO HOO!!!
I would put it in my bedroom on the desk that my Dad made me when I was a little girl!
I’d put in on the little desk in our kitchen since my old desktop won’t fit there since it’s too big and there’s too much of it. That way all of us can use it by still being involved in what’s going on in the house.
I have no clue where I would put it but I would MAKE room!
I would put it in my office/kitchen. I might even share with others.
I would give it to my brother and his wife who so desperately need a computer!!!
WOW…look at the size of that screen…my hubby would soooo love this…another excuse not to get reading glasses…ha ha…although are 4 kiddos would have the most fun with it. Awesome giveaway! I hope we win!
I would LOVE to put this in our living room. It’s like a HUGE picture frame! Plus, both mine and my husband’s computers just bit the dust…
i would put it in the family room on its own special table. thanks for this opportunity : )
I would put it on my desk in my bedroom for sure! I know my husband would try to talk me into giving it to him though…
I would put it in the kitchen, I’m the only one who goes in there, lol!
I would hide it under the couch when not in use…since I always use my laptop while sitting on the couch.
I would put it in my kitchen…since that is where I spend most of my time =)
I would put it here in our living/family room in the place of our old (really old!)one. Thanks for the reminder to try to win it!
I think I would put the computer in my kitchen…seems I spend a lot of time there….but my hip don’t show it! (Ha!)
I would put it in my den so I can be on it and watch TV at the same time!
I think I would put it in my study, and give my laptop to someone who needs one!
I would like to win it for my favorite school. Our church has ‘adopted’ this school and I want to win it for them.
I would LOVE to win this. We’d probably put it in our office. Maybe in the kitchen though!
I would put this piece of perfection in my office. I would then move my old computer to an area where the kids can have access to it and I would lock my office door, with me in it!
I would put the PC in my family room in the little alcove.
I would put it in my darling daughter, Ashleigh’s, room because she has a 7 year old computer thats held together with duct tape!!! :)
I would put it in my little bitty office and work magic on it for my school children!
Thanks,BooMama!
Alicia Jenne’
I would put it in my guest room/office and get rid of all the other clutter. Thanks.
Sophie – how fun is that computer!
I would place it in my keeping room and use it as our family PC
Merry Christmas!
I would carry it with me at all times!!
I would put it in my office.
We are moving into our new house very soon, so it would be one of the first additions to the new office!!
I tweeted too!! http://twitter.com/erinleamoore
I would put it in our kitchen, where we currently have our computer. Thanks!
Anthony
anthony@hcseng.com
I blogged!!
http://www.themoorediaries.com/2009/12/i-want-computer.html
i would put it in my room so no one could touch it and I can use spell check because i can’t spelll.
I would use it for my upcoming job change and start of my MBA program. In my office
What a great Christmas give-a-way. I’m in.
I tweeted about the computer give-a-way over here:
http://www.twitter.com/thotlady
In my room. So exciting.
I would put it in my living room for the world to seeeeee!!!!! This would be a wonderful addition to my college career!! soo EXCITING!
It will be in a family friendly area where mom and dad can supervise, yet be completely eyeroll-y with the sounds of Moose E. Moose….
Happy Christmas!
Wow, what an exciting opportunity! I would put it on my desk in the kitchen and have the whole family use it! :-) It looks like an amazing computer. Thanks!!
I would use this with my severe and profound kids at school! Sweet giveaway!
I would love this! My computer is total junk! :( Merry Christmas!
I think I’d put it in our home’s hub of activity–the kitchen. A great place for me to use it 50 times a day….in between the 500 other things I’m doing!
I would love to put my new computer in the family room, replacing my very old and slow computer!
KarenP
I would put the computer in the room that I’m currently converting into a home office. Thanks for the chance to win!
I would probably put it in our family room.
I would mount this on my bedroom wall and use the remote….alot!~
I would love to win this for Christmas!
The computer would definitely reside on the six foot office desk I made. Since I have returned to college, my two daughters and I are now vying for space to complete homework. To help with the dilemma of working space, I built wooden bases with my favorite power tools and topped it with a six foot section of pre-made laminate countertop. It actually looks great. I even drilled a hole in the back for the cords. The snazzy computer would certainly look great in addition to being great fun to operate.
I would put it in my dining room/bedroom/office ( yes, its a small apartment and the kid gets the actual bedroom lol)
Ooh! I’d put it in the sitting room so the kids could play on it while we’re all together!
I would most certainly keep it in my room for no one else to touch ever, ever, EVER. Not that I’m selfish or anything. I just live alone. ;)
Wow!!! I can’t believe it has NO TOWER…and it’s not a laptop?!! I’m all about space-saving features! I’ve got big plans for this (if I win, of course…and I’m praying for a miracle!) I’m going to put it in our office and replace the junky (and I mean junky) dinosaur that’s already in there. Our office is an office/craft/sewing room right now. So, if I win, I’m moving out (craft/sewing stuff) so that my husband can have a wonderful, modern, clean and sleek office to work in. He deserves it! We would all love the fact that it’s a TV, Blu Ray player, has cool photo editing software, and touchscreen features, and NO BULKY TOWER!!! OH YEAH!!! We’re a family of six, so it would be a perfect family gift since we’re always fighting for computer time…I really hope I win! Excuse me while I go and say a little prayer…I REALLY want this!!! ;0)
Oh, the possibilities. I could actually use the computer anywhere! :)
I would put it in the living room.
ooooooo, shiny, pretty!
(thank goodness, it’s still early enough on Christmas Eve that I didn’t accidentally combine those two adjectives)
THIS lovely gadget would reside in my “walk-in hall closet”, whose Secret Identity is My New Office
happy holidays, all!
I would love a touchscreen computer for my daughter. She is using an ipodtouch to practice finger pointing on a screen but the pictures are so small.
I would put it in my living room for my family!
I work from home part time and take care of my 11 month old son, I would TOTALLY put the Computer on my makeshift desk in our den/dinning room/playarea–they are all in one. I desperately need it. Merry Christmas and thanks so much for offering the giveaway!
AWESOME!
I would put it in my daughters bedroom.
I would put it in our living room on our computer desk.
I’d put it in my office! Thanks!
I am a full-time mommy and I work full-time from home. I would use this computer for my little ones games, pictures and personal use.
I would hug it and squeeze it and call it my own and keep it safely in the living room for our family to share! :) Happy Holidays to all!
Woo Hoo! I’d definitely get my home office up and running with this cool new comp! Thanks! :)
I think that it would start off in the office but with all the wonders of the touch screen I can see it moving to the counter between the kitchen and the living room that way I can use it for recipes when I’m cooking and the snuggling on the couch watching whatever we DVR’ed the night before. What a great giveaway!
I would give it to my parents! They need one badly!!
I’d put it in my den where it is very, very quiet.
If I won this lurvley computer I would put it in the home office and play and write until my heart was content.
http://twitter.com/lambchop1965/status/7005588253
I blogged about it!
http://everythingniki.blogspot.com/2009/12/hp-computer-giveaway.html
Thanks!!!
I would put this in our playroom…it would be great to have….LOVE IT!
I would put it in my kitchen/office.
I think in my craftspace–then I might REALLY have a place to get away from the kids!
I would LOVE one of these AMAZING things! I would definitely put it in my kitchen where my family is 90% of the time! Thanks for the opportunity!
I will hide it so my children will not take it!
I’d place it in our play room as a new tv! Thanks!
I would put it in my bedroom. Would love to win this computer.
i would love to have that! it looks so awesome! i think i would put it in my bed room so i can use it anytime
Honestly, I’d give it my friend who’s computer died a few months ago. It would be pay back for when she gave her tickets to the Antiques Roadshow to my parents!
I would put it on my built in computer desk!!
I would love to win this computer!!! thanks, Merry Christmas
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Would love the new HP…it would be great to have while finishing my online degree
Love the computer. Not sure why I left it til now to comment, let’s just say I’m really good at procrastination!
OooH! I would love to win!
I would put it in our kitchen on the computer desk!
What a fun giveaway! Merry Christmas!
Jennine
In the family room or kitchen to use as the main pc at home for a variety of uses. My husband and I share a computer – he can bring up a blue screen of death faster than anyone I have ever met…
Wow–I would put this in our kitchen, which opens up on one side to our family room/office and on the other to the kitchen table/kids’ homework table. This way, we can rock out together, the kids can use it for projects, and “Recipe Box.”