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 be able to give this to my mom.
I tweeted about this also @ http://twitter.com/saramac28!
I would put it in my room b/c that is where my desk is!
I would put that beauty of a computer in my office so that when our sweet baby comes home I can still access my blogs and fb without going crazy. :)
I tweeted!
http://twitter.com/treadingwater
I would put this in my kitchen. How cool would it be for it to read me my recipe?!?
I tweeted about this! :)
http://twitter.com/jess_garrison
It’s also on my blog! http://stringofmoments.blogspot.com/2009/12/you-just-haveda.html
I also blogged about it:
http://mommyof2sons.blogspot.com/2009/12/hi-i-cant-believe-that-christmas-is.html
OH. MY. GOODNESS. !!!!!!! Where would I put it? I’m not sure… maybe on the computer desk?
In the kitchen ready for action!!!! Thanks!
We just moved to a new house and our computer is dying :( We’d put it in the new family room.
This is tough – I would WANT to put it in my kitchen (for the recipe reading feature) but my kids oh, so need to have a computer in their playroom/homework space – it would have to go there! What a nifty computer! Thanks!
I would put it in our den, where the whole family could use it. SCORE!
I would put it on the high bar between my kitchen and family room – no doubt!
Looks awesome. It would go in our playroom/office/piano room!
Awesome computer! I love the blue desk too, you did a great job ;-)
If I won the computer I would give it to my hubby as a Christmas present (even if it was a late one), so I don’t know where it would go exactly, I guess it would be his call. He’s great, and deserves something great like a fancy new computer!
I have never wanted a computer more in my life. I would rotate the thing so every room in my house could enjoy it. :)
i’d put it in our great room (kitchen/living room) where our current one is… of course i’d be replacing the current one with THIS one, giving the old one to the kids for school work – we homeschool. (oh, i hope i win!!!)
I would love to win this!! It would probably go in our loft area.
Oh my what a fun giveaway!!! I would put it in my kitchen for sure!
I would keep this computer on my husbands desk. He uses a computer 8 hours a day for work. His sweet eyes will think he’s died and gone to heaven!
In our bonus room (where our ancient computer sits now)!
I’d have to put this one in the office – away from the touchy peanut butter child hands! Thanks for the giveaway.
Danelle Ice / Home Ever After
It would go on my office desk. Which happens to be an old card table. And I would tape a picture of you on the hutch. Which happens to look like a wall.
I would totally get rid of my big clunker computer and put this sleek baby on the desk in my living room!
Iwould put it in our family office it and share it with the family even though I’d want to keep it all for myself!
I would definitely put it in my bedroom! And, oh, how I want to win it:)
I’d put this one right smack in the living room and this cute table that I’m thinking about painting…. and if I win this, then I will paint it. Motivation and all that jazz.
I would put this computer in my little office nook off my master bedroom. We don’t have a computer at home & I would love to win one!!
I would put in the office to replace the emormous desktop we currently have :)
I would love, love, love to win a new computer! The laptop I’m currently using is held together by superglue on one of the hinges. What a great giveaway!
I blogged @ http://crazyvannusfam.blogspot.com/2009/12/sign-me-up-please.html
I also tweeted here:
http://twitter.com/HomeEverAfter/statuses/6506343805
I twittered about your contest here: http://twitter.com/momsthewordfun/status/6506242280 Thank you for this awesome opportunity!
Since the screen can be mounted on the wall, I might actually put this computer in my kitchen. I spend most of my life in there anyways! :)
http://twitter.com/hbrooke1992
Tweet!
Boy, would HP TouchSmart 600 be a wonderful addition to my newly revamped office. This one would be for me and I’d have to shut my door on the husband and child.
I would put it in our laundry room where our desk is–And get the DECREPIT old desk top we have OUT OF THERE!
I’d replace the dinosaur computer that I now use.
thanks for the giveaway!!
We’re moving the “office” from the basement to our newly empty bedroom upstairs. The empty nest isn’t so bad after all. We’re giving the room a fresh coat of paint, getting new furniture including a desk, and, boy oh boy, would we love to set this computer right on top of that desk!
I would put it right on my pretty desk and maybe share it with the others. :)
I would put it in my office nook! It would be BEAUTIFUL there!
BOOMAMA!!!!!! I’M SCREAMING!!!
Yes, I DID notice that badboy sitting on that sweet turqoise desk!
I thought….WOW, BooMama’s got it going on!!!
I would so totally put this precious baby on my kitchen counter! Hallellui-ar!
I would set it up in my family room. That is where we have an old computer that the girls use for their games. We have wanted to upgrade but it is not currently in the budget so this would be a blessing.
wow. it’s amazing. i could sure find a place for that in my house!!
I was drooling over this computer at Office Depot last week!
TOTALLY awesome! I am in desperate need to replace my other HP desktop.
I would LOVE to do my digital scrapbooking with it!
I’d LOVE to have this on my desk in our office/play room. It’d be perfect there! :)
I would put it on my computer desk in my living room where my old computer died!!
I tweeted about it here:
http://twitter.com/rebeccastt
This would be awesome in the kitchen! Nice and compact and easy reach for email, Twitter, looking up cooking ideas!
Thanks!
Wow! I would put it in our school room and let the kids use it. I love how slim it is!
Kelly
Pretty Desk–>Not so much
Home Office for all to salivate over and enjoy–>Perfect.
Would LOVE to have a new PC at the Taylor abode!!
God Bless!!
This sounds like a fabulous giveaway! What an awesome touchscreen computer! I hope you are enjoying yours very much. I have a laptop and it is starting to fall apart! Nice to have this chance to enter a neat sweepstakes like this. Thank you!
I would put it on the wall between the kitchen and the living room. So it would be on full display to everyone as they walk in. Like tada here is the nicest thing in the house!!
I would install an entirely new built-in workstation in our kitchen, complete with glass-front cabinets and file drawers, just for that computer. Seriously. That would rock like nobody’s business.
Gracias, BooMama and HP!
I would put it in the empty corner of my living room on the desk that is sitting in the garage because I don’t have any use for it being in the house right now. If I win then I’ll have a reason to bring the desk back in the house and fill up the empty corner!
WWWWOOOOOWWWWWW! I would so put that in my stamp room/work room/spare bedroom…..thanks for the chance to win!
In our new office/dining room since our current office may very well become a nursery next summer!
I would LOVE one to help me edit photos!
This would be an awesome comptuer to have!!!
Christy
You’ve got to be kidding?! What an awesome giveaway! This would go right on MY desk, of course! I would share. Once in a while {just kidding!}.
I would put this in our office. Thanks for the great giveaway.
Would put this in the family room – so we could use it for all that it has to offer! :) Fun!
I babysit my 2year old grandson everyday, so I’d sit this sweet toy on my kitchen table so that I can keep an eye on the babe while keeping the other on the HP!!!
I would put this is the family room for all of us to use. I think my little girl would love to be able to play games on it!
Such a great giveaway. Thanks!
I’d put it right here in my office and replace my old laptop! :-)
I would put it in our office/den where we could use it as a 2nd tv…if I let my husband use it that is… ;)
It would definitely go in our home office and bring tons of enjoyment to a baby girl who is always hearing, “Don’t touch the computer!!” Great giveaway that nearly brings a tear to mine eye.
I would put this computer in bedroom on my very cool new desk. I started working from home about a year ago and my husband and I took over the early childhood ministry at our church about 6 months ago, so we needed to set up a home office and this would help tremendously!!!
I would keep it in my family room. If I were to win this I would use it to have my family skype with my sister, brother-in-law and their new bundle of joy coming in May! :)
I think that would look lovely in my home. But I’ll have to get a turquoise desk to put it on.
I can’t imagine winning a computer. What a blessing this would be.
I tweeted about it.
I would put it in my office and not let my husband, who thinks he is a computer wizard, near it!
I would put it in our livingroom/kids playroom/main living space of our house. Thanks for the chance to win!
I would love this.
AND I BLOGGED! Whew…http://minivansarehot.com/2009/12/hp-touchsmart-giveaway/
I would LOVE to win this and put it in my office. I have been working from today on my “old” computer and I have been calling it names all morning due to its slowness.
I would so love this to put in our family room so EVERYONE can enjoy it and so it will be viewable and accessible in the kitchen as well! we have one huge greatroom so that’s where everyone always is so that would be super easy to use the Recipe Box!
bkah83@yahoo.com
I also blogged about this!
I would love to win this!
And I twittered about the giveaway!
http://twitter.com/MaryRSnyder/status/6506593702
I don’t have a desk, but we do have a thrift store up the road! It would be located in the family room, and with 6 people in the house I might get a turn on it!
In mama’s bedroom…locked away from other fingers.;)
Well, since today is my birthday(it really is!) it would make a lovely birthday present! And I would put it in the kitchen/breakfast nook – that’s where we spend most of our time and then everyone can use it – cause its always good to share…
I would put this in my kitchen where my home office is!
This would go on MY desk in the basement/rec room so I could happily touch the screen whilst shooing the children away.
It’d look very nice on our desk for our whole fam to use!
I would absolutely love this computer! What a great tool to jumpstart family projects and other creative endeavors. This would go in our home office, but is definitely a practical size for any room.
I have no idea…I gave up my old computer desk & huge clunky desktop computer that doesn’t run very well to my 8 year old when I got my laptop early last year. But, I am SURE I could find a nice spot for it…maybe a new desk in my master bedroom :) I wouldn’t wanna just share this baby with anybody!!!
I would put it right next to my coffee cup on my desk. :)
I would put it in my bedroom on my desk where my not so fancy, not so new computer is now. Even though we have a couple of laptops in the house everyone ends up in my room on my computer.
Office or playroom!!!! I want to win!
I would put it in my bonus room(TV room) so I could work on it while my husband watches football!
I’m would love one…and I’m voting Mama’s closet…I won’t want to share!
Oh, another great giveaway! I’d love to win and put it in my office for sure. My computer is getting a little age on it. This sounds pretty neat.
I would put it in the family room where my wife spends most of her time!
I would put it in our office. Our current computer is probably rivalling your Mac for wheezing =)
We live in the upstairs half of a house. As you come up the stairs, right in front of you is a sort of wide space, not a room but bigger than a hall. There I have my bookshelves, comfy chair, and laptop (the old one that constantly freezes and that took me literally 5 minutes to open this page!). THAT’S where I’d put it!
I would put it on the planning desk in my kitchen so I could use that handy dandy recipe feature, play itunes or watch the news while I cook! Thanks!
stephanie at jacksonturner dot com
I would put it on a desk that I would have to buy…a small price to pay for a free computer, don’t you think?