Better Together Back to School Giveaway: 25 dv6 & Mini 110 Bundles up for Grabs
We’re proud to be participating in HP”s Better Together program, which is allowing us to team up with 24 other sites to give away 25 back to school technology bundles. The bundles include a Mini 110 XP Edition netbook, Pavilion dv6t notebook and a Timbuk2 backpack so you can take them on the go.
We haven’t decided how we’re going to give away our bundle, but the good news is that we’re going to be able to allow anyone in the world to enter, as long as its legal to enter contests in their hometowns.
HP’s sent over one of the bundles for long term review and I’ll be blogging about what it’s like to use these devices over the next few months.
As you can probably tell by the name of the promotion, HP is promoting the idea of using netbooks and notebooks in tandem. While many users can be completely satisfied with a single computers, others are best served with multiple devices.
The Pavilion dv6t (dv6-1299lx) that’s part of this promotion has some pretty beefy specs. The dv6t’s 16-inch display, 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB of RAM, 500GB hard drive, ATI Radeon HD4650 GPU with 1GB of dedicated memory, and Blu-ray Disc player make for a nice multimedia machine. All this means playing video games, editing video and watching high-def content is a breeze. But the dv6t weighs in at just over six pounds and will drain its battery relatively quickly, which means it isn’t ideal for running around with all day.
The Mini 110 netbook is all about portability. It has a smaller 10.1-inch display with an antiglare finish, making it better suited for use in natural light. It has a low-powered Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz processor, 1GB of RAM and a 160GB hard drive. It weighs in at less than three pounds, including a six-cell battery that will keep it running for five to six hours. Netbooks like the Mini 110 are much, much easier to carry to class or to a cafe. While they do have limitations, they allow users to get online, take notes and perform other common tasks with ease.
One challenge of using multiple devices is managing data. I use a HP Mediasmart Home Server as a central repository for my multimedia, Evernote to keep track of all of my notes and Sugarsync so I can access my documents from anywhere. I use a number of other services, but many of them duplicate efforts and are probably overkill for many users.
The bundle comes with Synchables, a simple solution for synching files between the Pavilion dv6t notebook and the Mini 110 netbook. It synchronizes data locally, which means it doesn’t use any outside servers or services. I haven’t had a chance to use go through the application thoroughly, but its interface is relatively simple to my setup.
I’ll write more as I try using these devices more, but you can get started on winning a bundle of your own starting today. The first site to hold a giveaway contest is StudentBloggers.org. Below is full list of the participating sites and the dates that their contests begin and end.
| Site/Blog Name | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|
| Student Bloggers | 12-Aug | 16-Aug |
| Geek Zone | 13-Aug | 17-Aug |
| Kill Jill Goes to College | 14-Aug | 18-Aug |
| Study Successful | 15-Aug | 19-Aug |
| Gear Live | 16-Aug | 20-Aug |
| CampusGrotto | 17-Aug | 21-Aug |
| Poorer Than You | 18-Aug | 22-Aug |
| Notebooks | 19-Aug | 23-Aug |
| ThePrereq. | 20-Aug | 24-Aug |
| Hack College | 21-Aug | 25-Aug |
| College Times | 22-Aug | 26-Aug |
| OSNN.net | 23-Aug | 27-Aug |
| Green Panda Treehouse | 24-Aug | 28-Aug |
| Building Camelot | 25-Aug | 29-Aug |
| Mocha Dad | 26-Aug | 30-Aug |
| College Candy | 27-Aug | 31-Aug |
| Studenomics | 28-Aug | 1-Sep |
| The 2.0 Life | 29-Aug | 2-Sep |
| Geeks room | 30-Aug | 3-Sep |
| Debt Free Scholar | 31-Aug | 4-Sep |
| One Day One Job | 1-Sep | 5-Sep |
| Daddy Forever | 2-Sep | 6-Sep |
| Clinton Fitch | 3-Sep | 7-Sep |
| Zen College Life | 4-Sep | 8-Sep |
| Gear Diary | 5-Sep | 9-Sep |
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I participated the HDX the dragon contest, I didn’t won, just behind chris i guess.
Anyway this is a nice offer from HP, Microsoft, IvyWorld and afcourse notebooks.com!
Do you already own the notebooks so you can do some (detailed) reviews? What about shipping if someone wins in europe, asia or somewhere else (non-america)?
What is ment with this:
Some conditions apply and you need to be aware of those: if you win a prize bundle in one of the websites, then you can’t win again in the whole competition. We will try to send you the prize bundle, but depending where you live customs and tax conditions may prevent this. In this case we will provide you with an equivalent credit on a HP online store. (quote from the official backtoschool website)
I participated the HDX the dragon contest, I didn’t won, just behind chris i guess.
Anyway this is a nice offer from HP, Microsoft, IvyWorld and afcourse notebooks.com!
Do you already own the notebooks so you can do some (detailed) reviews? What about shipping if someone wins in europe, asia or somewhere else (non-america)?
What is ment with this:
Some conditions apply and you need to be aware of those: if you win a prize bundle in one of the websites, then you can’t win again in the whole competition. We will try to send you the prize bundle, but depending where you live customs and tax conditions may prevent this. In this case we will provide you with an equivalent credit on a HP online store. (quote from the official backtoschool website)
In some cases it won’t be economical to send the devices to certain countries because of shipping and import taxes. In those instances HP will help winners purchase the gear locally.
I do have the units here and will be doing more detAiled reviews.
In some cases it won’t be economical to send the devices to certain countries because of shipping and import taxes. In those instances HP will help winners purchase the gear locally.
I do have the units here and will be doing more detAiled reviews.
Ok, thanks, by the way do you remember me? I was Larrabee on the forums when the HDX dragon contest was going on. But the community seems to have disappeared.. that’s the sad news
Ok, thanks, by the way do you remember me? I was Larrabee on the forums when the HDX dragon contest was going on. But the community seems to have disappeared.. that’s the sad news
First of all, sorry for double posting but can you say what’s the total value of the package? dv6t and mini?
Seems I am the only one that is interested
Nobody responds (till the contest is going on here…)
Anyway I will try to focus on this specific contest. Do you already know what the rules will be? Something with (forum) activity like the HDX contest would be fun.
However it’s still your site!
First of all, sorry for double posting but can you say what’s the total value of the package? dv6t and mini?
Seems I am the only one that is interested
Nobody responds (till the contest is going on here…)
Anyway I will try to focus on this specific contest. Do you already know what the rules will be? Something with (forum) activity like the HDX contest would be fun.
However it’s still your site!
We haven’t announced how we will pick a winner for the HP contest this time around. Please stay tuned.
We haven’t announced how we will pick a winner for the HP contest this time around. Please stay tuned.
What happened with the community? I tried it many times to reach it, but can’t find it since months…
What’s the total value of the package. Please don’t do a random draw…
Tim, we’re redesigning the entire site right now and will be re-introducing forums shortly.
What happened with the community? I tried it many times to reach it, but can’t find it since months…
What’s the total value of the package. Please don’t do a random draw…
Tim, we’re redesigning the entire site right now and will be re-introducing forums shortly.