The Back-to-School Double Notebook Giveaway
Friday, August 21, 2009 by Chris Lesinski Did you somehow forget to buy a laptop for college? Did you somehow forget to buy a backpack? Did you somehow forget to find an apartment? Well, we're furnishing one lucky student with one brand new notebook, a kickass Timbuk2 bookbag and a... second brand new notebook, which will make up for you not having a home. All you have to do is be a dilligent Twitter follower for the next few days.
The Package
The notebooks are a "companion" set, meant to work well for a student geeky enough to have two separate computers: a netbook for taking notes, a larger notebook for heavier tasks and a bag that holds both. Reviews on both units to come in the next few days.
The HP dv6 - Read our review!
- Intel Core 2 Duo P7350
- Windows Vista
- 4GB RAM
- 500GB HDD
- BluRay ROM SuperMulti with LightScribe
The HP Mini 110 - Read our review!
- Intel Atom 270
- Windows XP
- 1024MB RAM
- 150GB HDD
The Timbuk2 H.A.L. Backpack - Read our review!
- Special padded compartment for laptop
- Plenty of room for other shit
The Deets
Follow us on Twitter:
You won't know how we're giving away the package until you see the Tweet. I don't even know how we're giving it away yet (yes, I do). It could be any of those accounts. And you may or may not be asked to do something ridiculous in a short amount of time.
Rules
- You gotta be a student (we'll ask for a .edu, non-alumni email address).
- You gotta be in the USA.
- You can't win at any of the sites below -- but please feel free to enter their giveaways as well!
Other Giveaways
We love these other college blogs and they'll be giving away the same package as us, so you might check out their giveaways to better your chances at getting free shit.
- Student Bloggers 12-16 Aug
- Geekzone 13-17 Aug
- Kill Jill Goes to College 14-18 Aug
- Study Successful 15-19 Aug
- Gear Live 16-20 Aug
- CampusGrotto 17-21 Aug
- Poorer Than You 18-22 Aug
- Notebooks 19-23 Aug
- ThePrereq. 20-24 Aug
- Hack College 21-25 Aug
- College Times 22-26 Aug
- OSNN.net 23-27 Aug
- Green Panda Treehouse 24-28 Aug
- Building Camelot 25-29 Aug
- Mocha Dad 26-30 Aug
- College Candy 27-31 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 1-5 Sep
- Daddy Forever 2-6 Sep
- Clinton Fitch 3-7 Sep
- Zen College Life 4-8 Sep
- Gear Diary 5-9 Sep
Reader Comments (37)
I have been refreshing Hack College all day waiting for the giveaway just to find out I cannot enter since I'm no longer a student. :( Oh well, good luck to all of the students!
Oh snap. I'm not a student either. :(
I'd been checking and rechecking the page as well.
Woohoooo can't wait to enter and win.
Dang, I don't live in the USA. Is this the first one to be just based in the USA? I thought if you guys can't ship it, you can "provide the winner with an equivalent credit on HPShopping.com or a HP online store?"
I wanted to enter, too, for my student husband. Double strike: I'm not a student and my husband's Twitter-phobic.
Aww, so I can't enter if I'm in high school? :( Laaaame.
Lame Cant enter cause i live in NZ, Don't have student id and email address. oh well one more reason to forget about this site.
Hmm I thought the contest is going to be worldwide,it's really sad
Wow, first US-only one. Sucks. :-(
i hope the people in charged of the promotion will read this and change that rule.
i am pretty sure that this violates the Better Together promotion
Nothing wrong with limiting the scope of the contest! This site is oriented towards US college students, so it makes sense to make sure contestants fit that category.
Best of all, less competition for me! :)
"You won't know how we're giving away the package until you see the Tweet. "
So this means that we constantly have to keep checking Twitter to see if the "rules" are tweeted?
"And you may or may not be asked to do something ridiculous in a short amount of time."
It would be nice if you could do like the other sites who posted the requirements for the contest on the day it opened.
I go to community college and they don't provide .edu email addresses. So now I can't enter because I can't prove I'm a student?
I'm in college and in the US. I'm qualified!
You have to be in college? & live in the US? & watch twitter to find out how to enter?
Thought the contest was world-wide & open to anyone - not just to US / college students...
But wasn't how to enter the contest suppose to be posted the day it opened for this site? thats really confusing. Oh well I guess? Not really fair to people who live outside of the US / aren't in college / don't have Twitter.
This seems to be the only giveaway of the lot which is not open to everyone worldwide.
Suh-weet! I am a Sophomore College student in Ohio, going to a 4 year institution. My major is Computer Engineering. This would be an awesome giveaway to win, especially for me. I've been wanting to upgrade my [aging] laptop, and the netbook would be a sweet addon as well. I also got the *.edu address. Although, given the fact I've entered hundreds of giveaways, and never won one, maybe this is limited enough to give me a chance! :P
I'm pretty sure I'm damaging my eyes by staring at the computer screen and mashing F5 on your twitter accounts.
OMG I can do it but now i´m not in US have to be than I have to be there or I can participate and you send my gift to my home in US!
The contest is supposed to be worldwide according to the t&c's on the main website. You guys suck, and I will be making sure the organisers know. Boo to you, dicks!
I really like that you allow HTML
Ok. I am a student but only a part-time student....... at a Community College going for Web Design/Computer Programming.
Reported for not sticking to WORLWIDE rules!!!
you Guys making up you own rules ??????????? this contest is available to users from around the world! i will contact the Sponser !
2 tumbs down !
Very unprofessional HackCollege. It is supposed to be a worldwide program.