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! It would go in my room and I might share it with the family. :)
I would LOVE to win a new computer.
Our family computer is about ready to bite the dust any day now. Thank you for such and awesome give a way!
Rebecca
rsy5575@verizon.net
I’d put the computer in my bedroom, but I’d still let my kids use it all the time.
Wow, this would be so amazing to win! The Touchsmart looks great in your photos, I love the pic of your little one using it! So cute. The HP Touchsmart makes using the computer a truly interactive experience for both adults and kids. I would probably put this on the desk in our family room, so that everyone in our home can access it. (They’ll have to pry my hands off of it though ;)) Our current computer is a HP pavilion from 2003, so it still works but it’s very outdated. We would love a brand new shiny computer like the Touchsmart! We just moved into a new townhouse, so money-wise our holiday is going to be very very tight, but this would truly make us so so happy! Thank you very much for offering this chance to win!
I would love one of these to put on a small desk in the corner of our dining room. Our current monitor is too ugly to put out there so I have to run to the office if I need to use the computer.
Thanks for the opportunity!
totally go in the family room… looks like a great addition for the kids!
I tweeted…of course!
http://twitter.com/cat2b1g
I would probably move it all over my tiny house depending on when the mood struck!
I would totally put this in the family room so the whole family could enjoy the experience. With three boys, 14, 11 and 6, this would be so fabulous!!
I would put it in my basement so I can read my email while watching tv during naptime. The most wonderful part of the day.
I tweeted the giveaway also:
http://twitter.com/lipstickncandy/status/6506784767
Oh, this would definitely go in our family room to replace our own desktop, which is on the verge of death!
Oh my goodness – that is fabulous! I would absolutely put it in our family room where I can get a few things done while at the same time keeping my baby girl from eating Christmas ornaments!
I’d put it in my kitchen!
I would love to have this to put in the kitchen for the whole family to be able to use.
Would love to win this. It looks amazing!
Wow! That is great! I would use it in my office to replace my OLD Mac that isn’t working at all anymore!
I would put this in the office/guest room in place of the dinosaur that we very rarely even turn on! No more taking turns with the laptop…sigh…a girl can dream!
I know my husband would love this. We would put it in the office.
Thanks!
i love this computer so much, i would love to have one…
I would put it in my family room to watch movies with my family. That computer is so awesome!
I would put it in my office and it would look so great on my desk! It would help me be so productive!
OMIGOSH! Coolest giveaway ever!
I would give it to my mom – her computer from the 90s just pooped out!!
So cool! I would put it in our office and replace our antique Dell computer which takes approximately 1.5 hours to boot up and then an additional hour for any other task you attempt to perform – drives me crazy!
I would put the Touch Smart computer in my guest bed room – Where I can have it all to myself!
Oh man, on my desk to replace my on-its-last-leg laptop (the g doesn’t work, it’s sad). : )
Oh my word, the things I could do with a new computer….
It would so be mounted in my school for to aid us in the daily homeschooling event in our home. Thanks for the info.
OMG! I would put it in my room and no one else could touch!! That is such an awesome computer!!!
Hmm…considering I live in studio apartment, there aren’t many options. I think I would put it on the table in the middle of the room so I could use it for its actual purposes during the day, and lay in bed and watch bluray/netflix/hulu at night!
I’m a student at OLE MISS, so I could SERIOUSLY use this thing!! Thanks for the give-away :)
In my kitchen to replace the one that my 2 year old just broke!
I tweeted it too! twitter.com/kodibevelle
I would put this unbelievably incredible computer in my empty computer cabinet.
Good luck to all!
I would put this computer in our office. We have a very old Dell and this would be perfect!
Thanks
Our computer just crashed… it’s old, so it’s not worth even trying to get fixed. This would be a great family christmas present!
I would put it in our computer room of course!
ooh, I’d definitely love to see this little baby on the wall between my kitchen island and the playroom. I spend 99.9% of my day in one of those locations and setting my sights on this beauty every time i passed by would be a phenomenally wonderful (and oh so shiny!) source of giddiness.
Great giveaway!
I would put the computer in my office and lock the door so no one could get in!
Be still my heart….I would give it to my husband for his office to replace his ancient one!!…..woo hoo!!!
I would use it in my study room, for school! What a cute contest!
I just blogged for another chance to win!
http://longmeadowmama.blogspot.com/2009/12/speaking-of-contests.html
I have absolutely no idea where I would put this, but by golly if I win it I would find a place! How cool!!!
I would surprise my husband and put it on his desk. He is a sexy computer geek!
Since my husband’s computer is in the office, I would keep this one for myself in the kitchen.
I would use it in my study room for school!
I would put it in my “media room.” It has our books and our computer, and a small tv…
In my office!
I would put it on my desk in my sewing room.
I would put this computer in . . . I live with my in laws right now while we are saving up to build a house, so it would probably go either in my MIL’s dining room or on the awesome table from India I have next to my bed. Heck – maybe I’ll just kick my hubby out of bed and tuck this new computer right into DH’s spot! LOL!
Oh this is tough. I think I might put it on the desk in the office room. It would be great for the whole family. Since I’m living with my parents….again….they would also enjoy it.
I know I won’t win but OH I WOULD SO LOVE TO!!!
Oh, and where would I put it? Umm..RIGHT on my LAP….I don’t care how big it is.
I would put in my kitchen. I have my own little desk in there. I would love to use the recipe feature.
I would give my laptop to my sister & use this fine thing to find a job!! I just graduated from school, and I’m looking a LOT online!
It would go on the desk in the living room!
I would put it in our kitchen – probably mount it all the wall (my husband may faint at that too!:) It would be nice to have it in a centrally located room. Hope I win ! :)
MY LIVING ROOM! My computer wheezes too!
:)
Dear 8 pounds 6 ounces baby Jesus, i want one i want one!
I am having computer problems tonight. I just tried to comment but I believe it did not go through. PLEASE don’t disqualify me in case this is my second entry! :)
And, as I typed out once already, we live in the upstairs half of a house. Right at the top of the stairs there’s a wide space, too small for a room but too big for a hall, where we have our bookshelves and comfy chair. It’s there that I’m typing on my dying laptop. (And it is dying. THAT’S where the new computer would live, if by some very minute chance I happened to win it :)
Well…if I can’t carry with me AT ALL TIMES (!), I supposed I would put it on my coffee table…because I would be using it at every opportunity!
My poor computer is so old – I could really use a new one!
I would have to say that if we got this lovely computer at our fingertips…I’d put it in our bedroom :-) It’d be a nice place to relax and sit back and play around on this beautiful item. OR, as I’ve learned…it’s portable! If need be, I’d tag it along to the living room, too.
I would put it in the office/classroom and turn it up really loud so I could hear the recipes in the kitchen.
I think we’d put it in the computer in our office since it’s in our bonus room where we all hang out. It’s really cool!
I’d put it in the living room…our homeschool could so use this piece of awesomeness!
I would slap that new beauty in our computer desk in the computer room and my two teenage boys would be happy jealous that I won it. The husband Hunter would also be joyous since our slow, old computer (4-5 yrs, but techno antiquity) would be tossed! Maybe I should paint it w/ turquoise spray paint????
Bonnie N
I would put that lovely computer in my kitchen, so my four little men would have full access to it. I would consider it a joy to wipe their grimy little fingerprints from it’s screen several times a day! :) What a generous give-away!
I would put this on a desk in my bedroom…and then close the door and not let any kiddos in there!!!
It would go in my room where I work, and I would pass down my oldie to the living for homeschool work!
It would go right smack in the middle of the living room where the whole family could enjoy/fight over it!
I would love to have a new computer! We have had our current computer for a number of years, and an upgrade would be marvelous! I would definitely put the new computer in my kitchen. Easy access and supervision for the whole family.
I would LOVE to win this. It would go in my office!!
I’d put it over by the TV so I could blog while I watched The Office. ;)
We would put this computer in our kitchen where the entire family could use it. This computer sounds awesome!
This sounds so great! I would put it in my room, on top of my thrift store chest of drawers that I overhauled with RED paint! :)
Oh yes…in my kitchen where I spend most of my time…and maybe in a little corner of my pantry when I need a few minutes of peace & quiet and time to check out all my favorite blogs…yours would be one!
My tweet:
monee2000 Win a new HP TouchSmart 600 Computer! (1 of 5 chances) https://www.boomama.net/hp-touchsmart-600-giveaway/
Holy blueberry muffins Batman!!
This would go on the desk in the office, which is in the master bedroom, because the office has been made into a bedroom for the foster child we are expecting any day!
So cool! It would definitely go in my husband’s home office, where the kids can’t get to it!
Oooh, it’d be a knock down drag out fight whether the computer would go on my desk or my hubby’s. :)
I tweeted about the contest here:
http://twitter.com/monstersaurus19/status/6507074053
email: cathiefeick(at)verizon(dot)net
In the Kitchen for sure, then I could use Recipe Box with ease and we don’t have a tv in there and I was just saying last night that it’s too bad I can’t watch Biggest Loser while I bake :)
I tweeted! http://twitter.com/Marsmile4
blogged it too!
http://nathanandkodi.blogspot.com/2009/12/giveaway-day.html
It would go in my office and I would finally be able to get rid of this old clunker!
I would put this on the built in desk in the kitchen….to replace the archaic one that I’m currently using.
My tweets are real :-)
http://twitter.com/KasMama07/status/6507106837
i’d put in our family room – my kids are eager for a computer they can get their hands on. (hee hee)
jjwest25 at aol dot com
I would put it on the computer desk where my recently deceased desktop once sat. : )
i’m blogging about it at http://www.jambodiwest.com
I’d put it in my office. Right beside my Mac. And then I wouldn’t have to kick my husband and kids off my Mac when I needed to work. They could use their own computer.
I would put it in my Gameroom so my kids would be able to use it :) Well, that is what I say now, but I have a feeling i would like it too much and want to keep it for me and only me to use :)
i would put this in our home office! it looks awesome!
I would give it to my hubby. He keeps mine running smoothly and deserves a new, shiny one!
I think the bar in my kitchen would be a great spot for this. It would be in reach for use by everyone!!!
I’d set mine up on my desk so I could save my laptop’s life as it does its fair share of wheezing.
While I would love to win one of these for myself, if I DO win it I’ll likely give it to a family member who could use it much more than I… And I would be THRILLED to do so!
I would put it… in our “office” with the hope that it would inspire me to do something with our office besides treat the whole room like one big dumping ground. Osmosis or something like that!
I would use it in my home office for Adoption Ministry of YWAM Ethiopia! Thank you!!
Becky