HP Magic Giveaway.

Let’s say I have $6,000 worth of HP technology sitting in my living room.

Because I do.

Now let’s say that I’m going to be giving away all $6,000 worth of HP technology that is sitting in my living room TO ONE PERSON.

Let’s pretend that one person could be YOU.

Because it could be.

Seriously.

What do I call this opportunity? Magic.

That’s what sponsor HP and co sponsor Microsoft Windows Live call it too.

Yes. I am one of the 50.

moosh in indy. is lucky enough to be one of fifty blogs involved in HP’s Magic Giveaway for the holidays. 49 other blogs have been or will be reviewing and then giving away the same $6,000 package of technology. All 50 blogs will have different rules and entry guidelines, some will be in different languages. And yes, you can enter them all (but you can only win one.)

Gotta Be Mobile
Barb’s Connected World
Geek.com
Gear Live
Neowin
Small Biz Vista
JK On the Run
BostonPocketPC
Notebooks.com
Geekzone
I Started Something
Bleeping Computer
The Gadgeteer
Planet x64
Digital Home Thoughts
Digital Inspiration
Geeks!
MediaBlab
Geek News Central
The Digital Lifestyle
GearDiary
Last 100
Geeks To Go!
Liliputing
OSNN
Slashdot Review
SlashGear
Gadgetell
Windows Connected
Techie Diva
One Day, One Job
Student Bloggers
Study Hacks – Demystifying College Success
HackCollege
Noticias Tech
Eliax
La Bitácora de Erwin Ried
Carlos Alberto
InfoWester
GeeksRoom
CíberPrensa
Unión de Bloggers Hispanos
Living – In Theory
moosh in indy. (hi!)
Morningside Mom
Thoughts on poetics & tech
Techmamas
Stop, Drop & Blog
Down-to-Earth Mama
merlot mom

Our biggest hope and only requirement?

That you share. Share the magic that is winning $6,000 worth of computers, software and hardware. Let’s face it, no one needs $6,000 worth of HP technology. Want? SURE! But need? No. The prize package includes:

Hardware

HP TouchSmart IQ816 PC
HP HDX 18 series Premium Notebook PC
HP MediaSmart Connect
HP Pavilion dv4 series Entertainment Notebook PC (with Windows Live)
HP Mini 1000 (with XP)

Accessories

HP Photosmart C6380 Wireless AIO (printer)
• HP 564 Photo Value Pak

Software

• Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate/Home Premium or Microsoft Windows XP pre-installed on all units (Mini 1000 runs XP)
• Microsoft Office Home and Student Edition 2007 (Student-Teacher Edition) – 1 DVD with 3 licenses
• Microsoft Windows Live
Corel VideoStudio X2

Entertainment

Kung Fu Panda (2 widescreen DVDs; 1 widescreen Blu-ray disc)

Total value: >US$6000

That’s right. Four computers. Oodles of other stuff. One person.

Let’s face it. The economy is crap. As much as you and your family may want, or even need a new computer, it’s just not a reality for a lot of people right now. Now imagine winning four. Maybe all you needed was one. Maybe you wanted two. What about the other two? Think about it. Who could you pass the magic on to?

A teacher? A church? An after school program? An elderly neighbor? A family who has lost everything? Someone who gives so much of themselves and never asks for anything in return? Maybe someone else who entered this giveaway and compelled you with their story.

HOW TO ENTER (these are my rules, and they only apply and qualify you for the giveaway here, at mooshinindy.com):

I want to know. Who would you share all this magic with and how would you do it?

  1. Compose a post on your own blog, telling me what you would do with $6,000 worth of the latest HP technology. Who would you share with and why? Creativity counts, but it’s not everything. I’m going to be awarding this prize package to whomever captures the magic of sharing the most. Don’t have a blog? Go ahead and compose your entry in 200 words or less and post it here in my comments section, leaving a valid email in the email field. Video entries on YouTube, posts on MySpace and Facebook will also be accepted.
  2. Somewhere in your post mention and link to HP’s Magic Giveaway along with a mention and link to this post on moosh in indy. When your post is published, leave a link to your entry, wherever it may be, with your name and valid email address in the comments section below.
  3. Contest is open NOW! and will run through 10 p.m. EST December 9th, 2008. Comments will close at 10 p.m. EST on December 9th, 2008. So get to it.
  4. That’s it.

THE NOT SO FINE PRINT:

  • My family, friends and people I know in real life are not eligible. Sorry dudes. It’s just not fair. But you are more than welcome to enter any or all of the other 49 giveaways. (Although you can only win one.)
  • Anyone who doesn’t fall into the above category, in any part of the world, is eligible to enter.
  • All taxes will be taken care of by HP.
  • You must SHARE part of the prize package with someone who isn’t you, preferably someone who doesn’t even live in your house. While I have no way to police you once the prizes leave my doorstep, I can assure you that if you don’t share, bad juju’s will follow you all the days of your life. Okay, so I can’t even promise that, just don’t be a selfish jerk okay? You’re a lucky fool if you win all this stuff. PAY IT FORWARD.
  • The winner must provide me with a real street shipping address, P.O. Boxes will not be accepted. Items you choose to share can be shipped to the person directly at no cost to you (and is actually preferred. Who doesn’t love getting magic surprises in the mail?)
  • By entering, the winner agrees to provide me, within two weeks of receipt of the prize,  a 250 word story (at least) on what happened when they shared one or more of the products. Their story will be posted on moosh in indy. at a later date. Stories from those who were surprised with the magic would also be fantastic. Pictures optional, but strongly encouraged. I won’t post any personal information without permission.
  • I have been using (reviewing, coveting, checking out) the hardware (dude, I don’t get to keep any of this stuff) but they will all be restored to factory/like new condition before I ship them.
  • I will pick and announce a winner December 9th, 2008 at 12 a.m. EST.

I will be the sole judge and my decision is final. I cannot be bought with promises of cookies, lavish riches, goods, products or services. So don’t even try. Okay, so you can try, but just know it won’t work.

336 thoughts on “HP Magic Giveaway.

  1. http://mooshinindy.com/2008/12/03/hp-magic-giveaway/#comments

    I am a thirteen year old teenager who lives in Pennsylvania. There is a local community center in my area. Three years ago a generous donor gave them a room of computers which the community was overjoyed at having. Later that year the building burned down and all the computers were lost. They are hoping to rebuild a computer, but with the failing economy, the center had to devote their time and money to supplying people in need with food and a place to stay. I would like to give this center the two of the computers, the mediasmart connect, as well as all the accessories, software, and DVD’s to help them start rebuilding they’re computer center.

    For more Information about the prizes and more contest sites please visit the following link-

    http://www.hp.com/united-states/campaigns/blogger-magic/

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  2. Hardware

    • TouchSmart -This will go out to my school which also is working as a Non-Profit Organization in helping and guiding mentally & Physically disabled children. This i feel wouldbe a great way to unleash their mental skills & keep abreast with the rising demands for computer proficiency. I would love to keep this wonder but thinking about those tiny tots. i convinced myself i’ll get one for myself later when i can afford it.

    • HDX NOtebook- This is for me and my family. Our current PC is a P4 running windows XP and 256 MB ram.

    • HP MediaSmart Connect. this on will also go out to me coz i couldnt afford a DVD player for my house..

    • HP Pavilion Entertainment Notebook – This will go out to My gadget-frenzy uncle who just broke his beloved laptop. And cannot bear the repairing costs. (He was instrumental in providing me good education)

    • HP Mini 1000 (with XP) – IM gonna donate this to This personally to some worthy soul who i think will make use of it or a descent legitimate charity foundation as and when i research a little bit and find one.

    • HP (printer) -This one will be with me coz currently my printer is a horrible squeaky deskjet 695 which is about 6-7 years old!

    No plans with the software right now but will go out, when the right time comes, to whoever needs it the most.

    Thanks and hope you feel the cause.


    Anubhav Mathur

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  3. So im someone who never wins these contests but im very open minded and am always positive and thought id just give this a shot .But my name is kristina i would love this knarley oppourtunity to beable to win so many diffrent things that i could giveaway to many people that i know personally who deserve and would love to be apart of helping them in any way.i would give most of the prizes to the church that my mother got married at that i occasionaly do community service at beacuse the people who work there are truley amazing and always give give give, Also i would give a laptop to my cousin nicole whos been in and out of foster care since she was younger and now shes finnaly back with her family and starting highschool :), and finnaly i would give some too the daycare i previoulsy worked for because there an awesome daycare and treat there kids absolutly amazing its one of the best run daycares ive ever been seen the owner is a phenomanal person!also i would prbly keep a laptop beacuse my laptop was extremely old and it crashed recently so now i have nothing to upload my pictures and edit them on :(.hope i winn googd luck to everyone!! 🙂

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  4. Alex Casco-HP Mini 1000 with XP

    David Ayala- HP Pavillion dc4-1145

    Chan Loung-HP HDX 18 Series Premium Notebook

    These are my friends that help me out on rent,my bills so that it wouldent be late, food and gas when I lost my job do to the slow economy and the only way to pay them back and say thank you this Christmas is giving them a piece of the HP magic

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  5. This would be so wonderful to win, Christmas this year would be hard enough without the economy the way it is, this could be something for everyone on my list and some for those who have helped in times of need!
    GREAT GIVEAWAY, THANKS!!!

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  6. I’ll start off by saying the only items I am keeping is Kung Fu Panda Blu-Ray and Media Smart Connect. Everything else is being given away!

    I am giving the TouchSmart PC, Wireless Printer and the software to my parents. They own a small healh clinic that in the economy isn’t doing so well. Since they are supporting me through college, they deserve something from me for once!

    The other three PC’s are going to my two brothers and my brother in law. One is just about to start college, and considering money is tight in my family, this will help him out a little bit financially. My other brother just started a new job as an IT manager and would love a new laptop to go with it. My brother in law is a high school english teacher and has one of the oldest laptops in existence I think… He needs an upgrade, and I’ve never gotten him a gift before, and he would probably love it since his money is now tied up with his new baby boy and their new car and house they bought last year!

    Anything else is going to be going to my roommates. 🙂

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  7. I would take a laptop, just for me… because of school, and it would be a lot easier.

    And then the other computer’s I would donate to family, friends and my church.

    Thanks for this great give-away!

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  8. I actually do have a blog, but I do not want the people to whom I would give these to know what I would do with them. I would donate one of the laptops to my brother-in-law. He just started his own business, and is really hurting with the downturn in the economy. I would give another one to my wife’s brother. He is getting ready for college, and this would be a tremendous help to him. I would keep some of the goodies, of course. My parents’ computer just took a dive, so they would most likely end up wih one, too.

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  9. Hi there. I hope you don’t mind, but the people who I plan to share this with read my blog. I can’t let them see that I’m entering. If that isn’t ok, please let me know. Perhaps I can figure something else out.

    Anyway, on to what you ask: Who I’d share it with. I’d replace my broken desktop (as you can read on my blog recently). I’d also use some of it for my husband and six children and their school work. There are a couple things I know my parents need (those are all the people who read my blog who can’t know about this!)

    But the rest I would give. I would find a needy couple or two here on post (we’re military) and see if there’s a wife who needs one to communicate with her husband who’s serving our country. When they’re overseas, computers are our lives, the only way to connect sometimes. I recall how important it was for me.

    Thank you for the chance to win. Happy Holidays and good luck everybody!

    crazyadventuresinparenting @ gmail . com

    Lisa @ Crazy Adventures in Parentings last blog post..Drool Alert! Il Divo CD Set Giveaway

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  10. Saludos desde México!

    Este concurso y regalos son grandiozos y por eso quiero agradecer a HP, amigos y lectores de moosh in indy.

    Yo tengo planeado, en caso de ganar, poder regalar parte del premio a la organizacion Teleton, México (www.teleton.org.mx quien tenga la posibilidad de donar algo, porfavor haganlo…), que actualmente se encuentra en campaña de colecta, ya que hay mucha gente que ayuda a la rehabilitacion de niños de manera desinteresada y considero que un equipo de computo les sera de mucha ayuda en su labor y preparacion diaria.

    La mini lap se la quiero obsequiar a un ser muy querido por mi que actualmente no tiene pc y seria ese un medio ideal para poder estar en mayor contacto que actualmente no permite la distancia en que nos encontramos.

    Como soy diseñador grafico, el resto del equipo lo utilizaria para continuar con mi trabajo y generar un nuevo empleo, para de esa manera seguir creciendo como persona y ayudar a mi sociedad en estos tiempos tan dificiles.

    Solo quiero agregar que la magia que esta brindado Hp, Microsoft y demas empresas ya es palpable, por eso habemos tanta gente entuciasmada por ser ganadores y compartir la magia.

    Gracias.

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  11. First and foremost I would gift one of the laptops to The Bahney Foundation. http://blog.memory-of.com/?p=835

    Secondly, we have a Boys and Girls club in my community that is struggling. I would be honored to present them with a computer.
    http://www.dmbgc-cu.org/

    A friend of mine who is a single mom deserves the photo printer more than anyone I know. She can’t afford professional pictures, so she could print her own! Her kids will also Looooooove Kung Fu Panda!

    And lastly, I will be going back to school this January after a five year struggle with financial issues, family issues, and much learning about how important it is to keep on keepin’ on! Now it’s a rebirth of learning and growing to move on to a better (and smarter!) me.

    Congratulations to whoever may win! Talk about Christmas magic. Better than glitter, fo sho.

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  12. Thank you to you and HP for doing this contest. I’m an Assistant English Teacher in rural Japan. If I am selected to win, I would give most of the prize to the middle and elementary school I work at in my village. The school’s website is: http://fish.miracle.ne.jp/chibuchu/ . The village, Chibu Village, is on a small island in the Sea of Japan. The middle school has 13 students in 7th-9th grade, and the elementary school has 29 students in 1st-6th grade. While they do have some computers, they are very old–they’re running Windows 2000, I think. Lately, I’ve been working on writing a Japanese-English dictionary program which displays pictures and uses Windows speech synthesis to provide pronunciation. I don’t think these old computer are up to the task, and I would like a PC dedicated for the children to use. The elementary school could also use the printer, and perhaps the middle school could use the video software to create videos, if it has support for Japanese. Also, I would give the Mini 1000 to my girlfriend, because she has no computer and would like a netbook for college.

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  13. I work in education with primary school children aged 3-11 years. I would like to use this amazing equipment to enhance the children’s learning by introducing these new technologies such as the media centre and touchsmart computer. At the moment our ICT budget is extremely limited, with no real funding, therefore most equipment is worn and dated, and we come from a school where products like this are only a dream. If I win, I will be donating every single product to the school (I will be able to use them as well) where everyone will be able to use them to the full, this is including the children, members of staff, members of the local community and myself (I am the ICT Technician). Using this hardware will make learning more exciting. I believe a child’s education is the most important thing, the more way’s we have to enhance their learning the better, products like the touchsmart can help us introduce new ways of learning.

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  14. In case I win I this contest I would give the HP HDX 18 series Premium Notebook PC, HP Photosmart C6380 Wireless AIO multifunction, and Microsoft Office 2007, to Job Sudakar, a good friend of mine who is doing his PhD in Cancer Research at Sankara Nethralaya, Eye Hospital, Chennai, India. He joined for PhD about 6 months back and is badly in need of a laptop and cannot afford to buy one, since he borrowed money from me to pay for his educational fees.

    I would personally like to keep the HP Pavilion dv4 series Entertainment Notebook PC, since I quit my job two months back to become a freelance graphics designer and currently I do all my work on a two year old Pentium IV machine, it would make my work easier especially when dealing with clients.

    The rest of the things I would donate to a NGO or charitable institute in my city who are in need of a computer.

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  15. I have been a stay at home mom for the last 10 years. I have recently gone back to work. I am working with a CPA who does about 40% of her work for non profits. She is a totally awesome woman who is doing her best to do what is best for our small town. She is very involved in everything. We are trying to go to a paperless office which would save our world. She works hours and hours and because she gives so much of her time away for free or at least reduced by half, she is barely making ends meet. She has hired two other moms that she is teaching accounting to so that she can grow her business. Her biggest problem is that she has 6 employees but only three computers. We are all fighting for our turn on the computer. She gives so much to others and I would like to give to her.

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  16. First of all I would like to thank HP and moosh in indy for this wonderful gift at this time of the year. There are so many people I know who could use these items tremendously and nothing would bring me more pleasure than to give it to them.

    First of all, my girlfriend could definitely use a new computer for her schoolwork. I would give her the laptop so she can have a computer at school for her presentations and homework.

    My parents have been very supportive of me and I would therefore donate to my mom the HP touchsmart PC as she has gone through 4 computers in the past 2 years which keep failing.

    Once again, many thanks to HP and Moosh in Indy

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  17. BHN”W

    I would keep the HDX for myself. I am still limping along with a 450 MHz pentium III with WinXP, 512MB RAM, and a 12 GB HDD.

    I would give the TouchSmart to my wife, who has an even older system- an HP Pavillion Pentium II with Win98. She would finally be able to publish the book she started writing several years ago.

    I would give the Mini 1000 to my son, who is 14, and has never had a computer. His interest in multimedia is limited by the slow capabilities of our family’s machines.

    I would give the Pavilion dv4 to my mother- and father-in-law who have never had a computer of their own. It would be worth all the gifts just to see the look in their eyes when they received it. They would be able to listen to internet radio and news programs without having a time limit before someone had to take back their machine, and send e-mail and pictures of their grandkids.

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  18. OK so I feel a little bit like Ms America… If I win I would like to achieve world peace. I work toward people of all religions to work together. Thank goodness you’re not asking for me to parade around in my swimsuit! All joking aside I would love to have a new computer/laptop because mine barely works. It is very old and no longer able to do the things I need it to do. HP is a fantastic brand and as a long time HP printer user I know that whatever I received I would be happy with. I am trying to start up a photog business and need something more powerful to run the photo software I have. Does that sound selfish? I am a SAHM. My family is 5k miles away so I don’t have any support from them. My in-laws hate me and refuse to have anything to do with me or my daughter so I don’t have any support from them. The reason I bring this up is because, any job I get needs to be flexible. Which is why I am trying my hand a photography. It is a passion of mine. I would love to share this passion with others. Seeing people light up when they see the photographs I’ve taken of then and their loved ones makes me feel all squishy inside. Other than a more powerful computer and the printer I would donate everything else. I would leave the charity up to you (or your readers- maybe a survey to see where it should go). Anyhoo I know there are tons of deserving people out there but please keep me in mind too.

    Lindys last blog post..Ooky Spooky Squidge

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  19. I want the prize partly for me. I am starting my small home business and it has really been picking up, but my “techo” equipment is sorely lacking and making it a slow painful process to make and print labels for my tarts. As for who I would share it with, easy, my sister who has been my rock since my Mom passed away. Who is my best friend in the world and who has even older more outdated equipment than me. She has wanted to get a new computer for years and can’t afford it being a single Mom with 3 kids to feed, cloth and keep a roof over their heads. I would give it to her on Christmas Eve or on her birthday in January, of course I may leave her speechless, but it would be worth it. Thank You for the opportunity.

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  20. I work for a non-profit organization funded by grants and contracts with the U.S. Government (www.aircinc.org). One of the grants serves 10 non-profits in northeastern Oklahoma. We help these non-profits improve their capacity, allowing them to better themselves and better serve youth. Most of these are on tight budgets and do not have a way to replace rather old and outdated equipment. Some have received new equipment from the grant, but there are a couple who have not.

    One is the Legacy Cultural Learning Community, Inc. (www.legacycultural.org). The Executive Director is using a rather outdated laptop for business and it would be nice to give her something newer so she can do her job more effectively. Another laptop would be given to AIRC’s grant writer, who uses her own laptop and has never asked for a company supplied computer. Hers is also rather outdated and in dire need of replacement, but she does not have the personal funds nor does AIRC have the extra grant money to replace it. I would also use the desktops to replace a couple of computers in the office since the staff has rather outdated equipment with no extra grant funds to replace them.

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  21. My name is Mishraz. I live in Islamabad, Pakistan. In my spare time I teach at a local institution for the under-privileged. For the past six months we have been trying to collect donations for some new computers and other related hardware. If I won these fabulous prizes, I am going to share it with that local Institution and some local Schools and Computer Training Center in Kashmir. As you know in 2005 a horrible earthquake hit Pakistan and almost all the schools in Kashmir region, were vanished in the blink of an eye. I will only keep a laptop from it and the rest will be donated to different schools in Kashmir. It will be a really good thing for me and them to experience working on some good computers.

    Thanks

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  22. Okay, so I know you in real life so I can’t enter. But I just wanted to say you are AWESOME for coming up with rules like this for the giveaway. And also? I wouldn’t want to be you during the decision process. Phew!

    Must Be Motherhoods last blog post..The Real Thanks

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  23. I agree with a lot of the others, in that I’m glad you picked these (obligatory sharing 🙂 ), since I totally agree this is the best way to deal with the prize. Kudos to you 🙂

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  24. I agree with a lot of the others, in that I’m glad you picked these (obligatory sharing 🙂 ), since I totally agree this is the best way to deal with the prize. Right on 🙂

    Jonathan Bressies last blog post..null

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  25. Here’s my blog post:

    http://blog.alvarezdaniel.com.ar/2008/12/hp-magic-giveaway-en-moosh-in-indy.html

    In Spanish and English:

    Hola, mi nombre es Daniel Alvarez, soy un programador de Argentina, y mi computadora es un AMD sempron 2800+, corriendo en un mother MSI y 1Gb de RAM y un disco de 120Gb. Mi idea, de ganar este concurso, es reemplazar mi pc por una buena notebook, ya que la que actualmente tengo quedó un poco chica en prestaciones y no es posible comprar otra en este momento. Tengo 2 ahijados (7 y 8 años), a los que pienso ayudar regalándoles una notebook a cada uno, lo que los ayudará con su educación y el acercamiento a la informática. Mi esposa también está necesitando una computadora, lo que la ayudará en su trabajo diario (ella trabaja en cosmetología, y hay varios programas que ella podría usar, en forma portátil)

    Hi, my name is Daniel Alvarez, I am a developer from Argentina, and my computer is an AMD Sempron 2800 +, running on an MSI mother and 1Gb of RAM and a 120Gb disk. My idea of winning this competition is to replace my desktop computer with a good notebook, because now It is a little slow in performance and I can not buy another at this time. I have 2 godchildren (7 and 8 years old), which I think help by offering a notebook for each, which will help them with their education and their approach to computing. My wife is also in need of a computer, which will help in their daily work (she works as a beautician, and there are several programs that she could use on a laptop)

    Links:
    http://mooshinindy.com/2008/12/03/hp-magic-giveaway/
    http://www.hp.com/united-states/campaigns/blogger-magic/

    Thanks HP, Microsoft and moosh in indy.

    Daniel Alvarezs last blog post..HP Magic Giveaway en moosh in indy

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  26. I am hoping to win this contest so that I can donate the laptops to our neighborhood school’s robotics club. They are a bunch of 2nd graders starting out using Lego Mindstorms. However, you need computers to program them, and the only computer they have is the instructor’s personal laptop that he brings in. It takes quite a long time to get everything done, and 2nd graders aren’t known for their patience having to wait their turn to use the computer. Having a few more would certainly make a huge improvement in their lives. And the instructor wouldn’t have to risk his personal computer:)

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  27. I have an HP Laptop dv6000 series purchased in 2005. Although this machine is decent, it cannot keep up with my demanding requirements. Unfortunately being a student, I cannot afford to purchase a newer one.

    If I do win the prize, I will firstly sell of this machine and donate the proceeds to the valiant Police force who fought with vigor during the recent Terror attacks that occurred in Mumbai. It was a very disheartening experience and I want to do as much as I can for them. I will personally keep the HDX machine. The HP dv4 machine I will gift to my elder brother on Christmas, as he is using a machine that he was gifted in 2001! It is really really old and I would love to surprise my elder brother by gifting him a spanking new machine!! It would be simply amazing to surprise him as his little bro would really be making his day! The HP Touchsmart PC, I will gift to my darling mother. She is currently learning how to operate a PC on our old Desktop PC which is a Pentium 2(64 MB RAM) machine and is just not good enough by today’s standards. I will donate that old machine to a school where I teach underprivileged kids as a part of my Sharing Care club (http://www.sharingcare.org/). The HP Mini, I will gift to my retired dad. He will be simply delighted to have a small lightweight machine to check his emails and to read the online articles that he loves to read. It would be perfect for him! This gift would all in all, make Christmas a whole lot brighter for my entire family! 😀

    P.S – My video entry is uploaded at this place: http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=WiLwhfNvYRw

    Thanks! 😀

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  28. If I’m meant to win, I would share the prize to my aunt, Josie. For me, she is the epitome of an angel. I even see the late Mother Theresa in her. She has a heart of gold, and lives life serving God and other people. She never got married because she wanted to take care of her mother and aunt until their last breath. Her source of income is making rosaries, and with the little profit she gets, she chooses to share it with others, leaving almost nothing for her. She says its okay because she believes that “God will provide”. Which is true. But this time, I want to be her angel. She will surely love HP computers because she’ll be able to communicate with her loved ones abroad through email. This will also help her expand and promote her business through the internet. And since she’s living alone, HP products will surely entertain her and keep her company. I honestly need just 1 laptop to replace the cranky one I’m using that’s why I’d like to give her the rest of the prizes because I’m sure that she’ll share them to those in need. Yup, just like what she always does. I’ll just force her to keep one for herself. 🙂

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  29. I would use some of this equipment myself, and share some of it.
    My brother has had some hard times and his two boys don’t get much in the way of cool new gadgets or computers. So, I would be sharing some of this with them. Since they are in high school and college, they’d probably want the laptops, but I would check with them first.
    If they don’t really need that, I have a friend that works at the church we go to, and she would be next on the list.
    For myself, I’d upgrade my old Dell desktop.

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  30. So I would really love to win this prize (yes for the obvious reason of it seems freaking amazing, and my currant computer is a six year old hand-me-down), But also it would really help my Brother in-law, Matt! He is trying to become a self employed Graphic Artist! (Plus I don’t want any of the cursed bad jujus so it’s always a good idea to share the love with everyone I can) So I would give three of the computes to REALLY Deserving People I know! My mother, (who used to run a small business from home), so as you can imagine her computer is pretty pooped out from usage. My earlier mentioned new brother in-law. And my eldest brother who would use his computer for work, and who we kidding, with these awesome HP it would be for pleasure also!! (And my little brother really wants the Kung Fu Panda Movie)

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  31. The majority of the prize would go to my sister and her kids. My nephew, a junior at NE High, is a member f the National Honor Society and has the highest GPA of his entire school. He will be the first of our family to go to college. He needs a notebook desperately for school. My sister and the kids are sharing an ancient desktop. My sister is barely making ends meet and simply can’t afford technology products like these. I would keep the HP HDX 18 for myself.i have always wanted a laptop and never could come up with the funds.I may keep the TouchSmart and pass my year old Dell on to my sister as well. Or I may just give her the TouchSmart since I am happy with my Dell.HP’s Magic Giveaway would be a dream win that could make this the best Christmas ever for my sisters family. If I were to win, none of the prizes will be sold!

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  32. I don’t have my own blog, and after alot of thought, here is what I’d do with the computers if I won the HP’s Magic Giveaway from moosh in indy:

    My husband got let go from work two weeks ago. No warning – just sales are slow, we have to let some people go and today is your last day. I would give the Premium Notebook to my son who is a junior in high school as a Christmas gift. He could really use it for homework and for college which is coming up soon.

    The MediaSmart I would keep for the rest of my family since we really can’t afford much for Christmas this year.

    My other son is in an amazing high school jazz band which was accepted to play at this year’s Montreux and Umbra jazz festivals. Most of the band members can not afford to go so we are doing MAJOR fundraising to bring down the cost of the trip. I would give the Entertainment Notebook and printer to the band for them to raffle off for fundraising.

    The TouchSmart PC and Mini I would donate to The People’s Resource Center – a great organization that teaches computer skills to people in financial need. They usually only get old cast-off stuff.

    The Kung Fu Panda DVDs would be given to our giving tree at church that organizes gifts for poor families.

    Thank you moosh and HP!

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  33. A big Thank you to Casey, the wonderfully talented Blogger of http://mooshinindy.com/ and the equally wonderful Hewlett-Packard company for hosting a great contest http://www.hp.com/go/magicgiveaway, and a wonderful opportunity to “share the love”. Its great that these collective prizes will impact so many lives in a powerful and positive way.
    If I was fortunate enough to win, I would love to be able to gift a computer to my daughter who is working diligently in establishing independent functionality as a young, autistic adult. Our large family (includes 5 kids) has very limited financial resources, and having her own computer would be therapeutic and allow her to blog, take online courses,network socially and really take advantage of all the positive attributes that the internet has to offer.
    I would also love to gift a needy family through the Endependence Center (http://www.endependence.org/) a wonderful, local organization in my area that has been instrumental in providing transitional services for my daughter and many other families with disabilities.
    Lastly, I would love to win a laptop for myself and a co-worker & close friend who is a struggling, single, young Mom. She and I are both nurses at at a local hospital here in Virginia. We have promised to see each other through acquiring our degrees together (we’re enrolled together at Indiana State University’s online RN-BSN program) and this would be a blessed and most useful gift.

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  34. I can’t be sure who I would pass along the goodness to. No worries, though, all my favorite porn sites will be book marked for easy access.

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  35. I’d keep the Pavilion HDX laptop for my own personal use (school, game/app development). But I’d give the other computers away to some of my friends who don’t have as the top of the line computers. I know they would love it if they got a new computer. Some of them still use pentium 3’s! I’d keep the new printer and give away my old printer to a local charity. I really hope I win.
    Thanks for doing this.

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