Julio 12-14-2007, 03:59 AM As we announced a couple of weeks ago, we are giving away the product of your choice. The winner of our reader poll is the ultra-portable ASUS Eee PC that got the victory with one third of the votes from a small pool of devices that also included the Apple iPhone, Nintendo Wii and a GeForce 8800GT.
http://www.techspot.com/fileshost/newspics/2007/asus-eee.jpg
Without further ado, here's the rundown of the prizes for this holiday giveaway:
First prize: ASUS Eee PC 4G Surf
Secondary prizes: (courtesy of Diamond Multimedia (http://www.diamondmm.com/), one each).
Diamond XtremeSound 7.1 soundcard
Diamond XtremeSound 5.1 soundcard
Diamond XtremeTV PCTV - HDTV USB
Diamond One-Touch Video Capture USB
So what does it take to win?
http://www.techspot.com/gallery/data/501/DSC01492.jpg
Official Contest Rules
* Eligibility relies on one simple rule: take a picture of your PC with TechSpot's frontpage showing on the screen, then post it in THIS forum thread (reply to the existing thread with the image showing in your post as per the example).
* Double & triple your chances of winning by showing MORE than one computer screen in your picture. Like in the sample picture above, you can put up to 10 computer screens together and that will increase your eligibility ten fold!
* All the computers/monitors have to be on a single shot in the same picture, not in multiple ones.
* Image hosting: If you need a host for your pictures you can use TechSpot's own picture gallery (http://www.techspot.com/gallery/), that's what we used to post the picture above. First upload, then copy the image address and post it here.
* The five (5) winners will be randomly selected from the pool of eligible contestants. If you have multiplied your chances (see above) then your name will be repeated as many times in the pool.
* The giveaway will run until Friday, December 28th, 2007. The winners will be notified and publicly announced within 48 hours.
* There are no geographic limitations for the contest, that means we will ship the prizes overseas if necessary. Prizes will be shipped in mid-January.
* Winners will be contacted via email using the address they used to register in the forums. Each winner will have up to 7 days to get back to us, otherwise we will be forced to disqualify him in favor of a new randomly selected user.
* TechSpot staff members are not eligible to win any prizes. Our team of moderators are however eligible as any other regular member as they don't have any financial ties with the organization (we had to be fair with them).
* Current members and new TechSpot members are encouraged to stay around and participate in our news and forum discussions, it is not however a requisite for eligibility.
* Rules update: You don't have to own all the PCs pictured, so you can use your office computers and so on. The rule is up to 10 screens and they all have to fit perfectly in one single shot.
POST YOUR PICTURE BY REPLYING TO THIS THREAD... GOOD LUCK!!!
buttus 12-14-2007, 09:29 AM Happy Happy, Joy Joy. I am officially stoked about this contest. :)
Gret contest Julio!!!! Just SUCKS that I only have the one PC (and is the actual reason I am hoping to win the EeePC as I need it pretty badly).
*Update* I decided to stand on my morales here. Fact is that I do really need this EEEpc pretty bad and it isn't just another gadget that so many here (with PDA's, notebooks, desktops, BlackBerry's, phones and gaming devices all in the same room) seem to have. I could take a picture of my work with all the monitors on in the tech support room but I have decided against it. I'd rather rely on my one crappy pic of my one and only crappy home pc then show some computer room or lab.
I will also rely on luck here....but I'd rather loose honestly then win crookedly.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/1ring2bindthem/DSC03125.jpg
Excellent contest. This is the best I could do. There are 7 monitors in this picture.
http://www.techspot.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/2703
http://www.techspot.com/gallery/data/500/TechSpot.JPG
poertner_1274 12-14-2007, 12:13 PM That's almost like cheating...I thought they had to be your 'own' computer?
Great thought though JMMD! I like the creativity!
buttus 12-14-2007, 12:31 PM I'd agree. Nothing like taking a pic from the office or computer lab. Heck, maybe I should do that as my company has 10pc's all in a small area. I could login and set all the monitors up and whammo. 10 entries.
Either that, or I am suffering computer envy.
brand1130 12-14-2007, 12:52 PM The sad story of my laptop: My screen died post-warranty so I had to attach this monitor instead. Now I have a desktop all over again. LoL
I also lost WiFi since the antenna was in the screen ha
http://www.techspot.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=26735&d=1197651110
God Of Mana 12-14-2007, 01:58 PM i really don't think thats really fair,jmmd...Julio, what are you gonna do? I mean Com'n, its a whole computer lab!(maybe only 7 computers) And as you stated in the rules:
Official Contest Rules
* Eligibility relies on one simple rule: take a picture of your PC with TechSpot's frontpage showing on the screen, then post it in THIS forum thread (reply to the existing thread with the image showing in your post as per the example).
I don't think all those are jmmd's...
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s147/alphabetical_aof/1214071332.jpg
Julio 12-14-2007, 05:24 PM Nice to see some participants already, keep it coming!
A small rule update:
* Rules update: You don't have to own all the PCs pictured, so you can use your office computers and so on. The rule is up to 10 screens and they all have to fit perfectly in one single shot.
sbgsus 12-14-2007, 05:34 PM http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e75/bassmandan05/0dee10f8.jpg
Only one for me im afraid =[
Canadian 12-14-2007, 05:37 PM http://www.dsrpg.ca/techspot.jpg
6 for me please :D
I just hope I win, I would like to be able to give the EEE Laptop to my mom
grantedlin 12-14-2007, 05:47 PM http://www.ontheweb.co.nz/images/techspot-competition.jpgMaybe this should have been taken upside-down. Greetings from under, down under.
Mictlantecuhtli 12-14-2007, 06:17 PM http://www.techspot.com/gallery/data/500/techspots.jpg
Too bad it's limited to ten now :p
I provide tech support for all of these computers.
Julio 12-14-2007, 06:30 PM It was always limited to ten, I knew somebody would abuse the contest otherwise with a 100+ PC lab. :)
Didou 12-14-2007, 06:39 PM & just to be clear, a big screen is worth as much "points" as a smaller one. ;)
SNGX1275 12-14-2007, 06:58 PM http://gammaxi1275.googlepages.com/TSContest.jpg
6, normally that 19" CRT hanging at the edge of the desk isn't there, but had to use it for the contest :D
Edit: In case anyone was interested - represented, from left to right:
PCLinuxOS 07, Mac OS X 10.3.9, Mac OS X 10.5.1, Windows Vista, Windows Vista, Ubuntu 7.10
brucel 12-14-2007, 08:44 PM Clutter is good.... even still using 98
http://www.techspot.com/gallery/data/500/medium/desk12.jpg
devilghost 12-14-2007, 08:53 PM http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs24/i/2007/348/8/1/NEC_by_asxjackal.jpg
ROYAL115 12-14-2007, 09:06 PM Here are my 4. iPhone is okay I hope... Unfortunately, my Apple IIgs won't show pictures online.
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z191/comobu/Misc/IMG_0523-1.jpg
Dave
( I guess I should have reduced my resolution instad of the size of the pic. Oh Well...)
ralpho1228 12-14-2007, 10:39 PM I'm just a computer slob..this is me, unedited...
kc0eks 12-15-2007, 02:30 AM http://kcphoto.smugmug.com/photos/232430163-S.jpg
I lack a ton of screens :P
A Collection of ASUS PCBarebone, very amazing, just for you "TechSpot"
ddappete 12-15-2007, 09:45 AM What better way to post the TS pic than to mirror back into the site what other's see?
ddappete 12-15-2007, 09:51 AM this is a better pic
ddappete 12-15-2007, 10:03 AM OK. so it took a few to get this right. I'm new and old....
pete
digge 12-15-2007, 10:57 AM This is what my desktop looks like.
http://www.techspot.com/gallery/data/2/medium/dualtechspot2.jpg
Jhong99 12-15-2007, 01:08 PM Holiday cheer computer
http://www.techspot.com/gallery/uploads/159640/CIMG1281.JPG
fredoliver 12-15-2007, 01:53 PM http://www.techspot.com/gallery/data/500/thumbs/techspot1.jpg
werty316 12-15-2007, 02:09 PM http://s30.photobucket.com/albums/c312/werty316/Misc/th_0b5637e5.jpg (http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c312/werty316/Misc/0b5637e5.jpg?)
camuss15 12-15-2007, 07:28 PM http://www.techspot.com/gallery/data/500/medium/HPIM2016.JPG
guitto 12-15-2007, 08:14 PM Here is mine, sorry but the screen is bright and you can't really see the tower.
http://www.techspot.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2724&cat=2
Thanks for letting me enter and good luck to all!
excellent interesting contest
http://www.techspot.com/gallery/data/500/img0959ls9qq9.jpg
Cueto_99 12-15-2007, 09:58 PM These is my humble Relax Station, it's got the 15.4" Dell which I don't move a lot from this place and it has also my brand new 8Gb iPod Touch which I basically use just for pictures and music (not much web-browsing)... so, the Asus Eee PC would be the perfect complement for this Duo :):):)
http://www.techspot.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2726&cat=2
Just 2, but I hope I'm lucky enough...
bioinfo_tech 12-15-2007, 11:06 PM I always use multiple windows in my big monitor of desktop computer. It is therefore not a cheating. Merry Christmas!
ceejay949 12-16-2007, 12:23 AM Here's my PC and my brother's laptop. :)
http://www.techspot.com/gallery/data/500/medium/myentry.jpg
laurencestanway 12-16-2007, 02:13 AM I would love to win!!http://www.techspot.com/gallery/data/500/medium/Techspot2.jpg
Julio 12-16-2007, 04:38 AM We are glad to see an ever increasing number of contestants... keep them coming!
Just as a clarification you don't have to run multiple windows in the same monitor, the rules are one chance per monitor (up to ten).
Laptops and other mobile devices that can clearly display our frontpage count as well.
naskr 12-16-2007, 05:05 AM heres my entry sorry bout the crappy picture i took it with my phone , Hi from Australia
http://www.techspot.com/gallery/data/2/Image037.jpg
thanks..
MiCCAS 12-16-2007, 06:51 AM Bah, I just couldn't give up the temptation to show some pics of this wonderful looking site on my LCD, My PSP and a Nokia mobile phone..
http://i7.tinypic.com/71gbo8i.jpg
poertner_1274 12-16-2007, 11:45 AM Here's my entry. It's a shame cause I've got 3 more computers that I only use via VNC :( Oh well, beggers can't be choosers. Thanks for the contest Julio!
I've got 3 laptops, 1 desktop, and my Blackberry.
http://vonnernix.googlepages.com/CIMG1558.JPG
Koke001 12-16-2007, 12:43 PM http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q96/Koke001/DSCF0229.jpg
here it is :-)
Daveskater 12-16-2007, 03:26 PM Here's my pic :) I took it on my phone ;)
You cant see my desktop screen all that well but you can see the logo. The laptop is my dad's and works terribly but he let me borrow it :D
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/7959/image300kp2.jpg
I see a lot of new members in this thread ;) haha
philiam 12-16-2007, 04:27 PM http://www.techspot.com/gallery/data/500/epc_entry.jpg
here is my entry :) thanks techspot
link590o 12-16-2007, 04:37 PM my file was too large to attach so, i uploaded it to the desktop gallery.
http://www.techspot.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2731&cat=2
there's 3. let's pray my luck is better than usual. i never win a damn thing :3
MiCCAS 12-16-2007, 05:27 PM Man you gotta love the look of those Samsungs!
MeAndMyself 12-16-2007, 05:45 PM http://www.techspot.com/gallery/data/500/medium/DSC05619.JPG
My 19" Philips showing you the TechSpot website. Also, in the pic you'll notice my Altec Lansing MX5021 speakers, my Edimax WLAN USB Adapter attached to my lamp :P and my slim keyboard. The mouse doesn't deserve any attention...
Agent_J 12-16-2007, 09:43 PM here are my 3 laptops + 2 lcd screens, thanks for the great contest julio :)
http://www.techspot.com/gallery/data/500/techspot3.jpg
Mekaonija 12-17-2007, 12:51 AM Lol, I lost the USB cord for my digital camera... so I tried something new xD
http://img123.imageshack.us/my.php?image=techspoteu3.jpg
rogunit 12-17-2007, 02:31 AM Here are my three. Got a fourth but too much of a pain to get into pic. Should have output to the HDTV in the background too. Doh!
Mictlantecuhtli 12-17-2007, 05:28 AM Secondary prizes: (courtesy of Diamond Multimedia (http://www.diamondmm.com/), one each).
Diamond XtremeSound 7.1 soundcard
Diamond XtremeSound 5.1 soundcard
Diamond XtremeTV PCTV - HDTV USB
Diamond One-Touch Video Capture USB
HDTV USB = this one? (http://www.diamondmm.com/HDTV100.php)
I hope the winner(s) can choose which one they get, because that TV tuner is useful only in some American (North and South) and Asian countries.
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