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Update (3/31): The contest winner has been announced. More details here.
Update (3/20): The contest is officially over. We will be announcing a giveaway winner over the next few days. Thank you everyone for participating!
Participate in TechSpot's latest giveaway and win an Acer Aspire Timeline 14" Laptop computer. Rules are simple and anyone can participate, no matter your location. The contest will be held for about two weeks. Enter here for more details.
Giveaway season begins at TechSpot
Welcome to TechSpot's first giveaway of 2010. This is one of many more to come as you may recall we had a pretty nice run last year getting those prizes out there to you.This time we are giving away an Acer Aspire Timeline 14" 4810T Laptop, similar to the one we reviewed last November. The Acer Timeline 4810T is a solid system that offers exceptional battery life (8+ hours), good portability and modest performance at a competitive price. It's a pretty neat system, valued at $550.
What it takes to win
- First leave a comment below and let us know you want to join the contest (that's not all, keep reading).
- Become an active participant in the news comments starting today and until next Friday, March 19th (roughly two weeks from now).
- For every comment you make you get an extra chance to win (e.g. if you've posted 20 times during the contest, you get 20 chances).
- To make this a sane competition we will cap the number of max comments during the giveaway to 50 total (~4 posts per day on average).
- If a participant posts nonsense comments recurrently we will automatically remove him from the giveaway without any notification.
- Quantity is important but QUALITY will be taken under serious consideration.
- TechSpot staff members will monitor and join the conversations. Our usernames are highlighted in blue.
Other rules and regulations
- We will randomly select one (1) winner using weights depending on the number of comments posted during the giveaway time frame (per the rules above).
- We won't limit participation based on geographic location. We will ship the laptop from the U.S. to the location the winner designates. We shall not be held responsible for any customs import taxes or additional fees incurred in the process.
- The prize is not an off the shelf item. It is however practically new as was only used for evaluation on the site. The manufacturer (Acer) has granted us permission to give it away to our readers.
- The winner will be notified via email. Only TechSpot community members can participate as we will use your account's email for notification. As always, you can register here free of charge.
- Once selected, the winner will be notified via email and have 3 days to respond and accept the prize. It will also be announced at this location. If we don't receive a response by the fourth day, we will select a new winner in his/her place.
Good luck everyone!
User Comments: 360
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The other day my brother was able to buy to one of his girls a laptop, but due to his financial status he wasn't able to afford a second computer for the other girl. I wish i could buy one for the other, but i'm in a similar situation...
I'm wondering what's in my niece mind when she saw that her sister had a new computer and nothing for her..
I really, really, really wish i could win this laptop to give it to her... Children minds are expanded in a huge way when they have access to computers. Please help me win this computer!
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In, please! Gracias
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I'd like to be included as well.
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this laptop would be perfect for me to check techspot.com everytime,everywhere!
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And so the fun begins! Good luck everyone.
I'll participate if it's allowed, otherwise I'll keep an eye on the rowdy crowd.
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I appreciate the chance, however slim, of winning this to give away as a birthday present.
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Enter me please.
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Thanks for the opportunity to enter.
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Count me in too!
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Trillionsin said:
I would like to be the 88th contestant, please. ^_^
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count me in please
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Count me in please!
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Thanks that you opened the contest to include everyone wherever they are in the world! And gracious enough to pay even for the shipping. I hope others will follow your lead.
I certainly like the specs; please count me in.
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Count me in...my trusty lappy just died.
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Count me in as well.
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Sign me up as well!
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Count me in please
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I want to be in the contest.
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Count me in.
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Please enter me into the contest. I really need a new laptop!
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i know i can win :P , so please count me in
that laptop looks really nice
good luck everyone , i hope i win :P
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Staff
Updates the contest rules to make things more clear --- solely posting a reply here will not enter you in the contest, that is step 1, step two is participating in the news discussions for the next couple of weeks.
This URL gives you a nice feed of our latest news:
http://www.techspot.com/whatsnew.html
And here, the latest comments made:
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I'm in too!
Good to see you're shipping to outside US
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i wish i have a laptop. so, yep I wish to enter. (with the right software / user / configs- aka ME- this could be a really, really fast baby... the way most people "use" their laptops/ pcs breaks my heart " i think it needs more ram" no, sir see that? 456 process...)
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Count me in.
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