UPDATE: The contest will be automatically cancelled if there are less than 15 entries by October 10 (when the contest closes).
That’s right. I am actually going to get a souvenir in San Francisco, and just give it to the person whom guessed the laptop right.
So I’ve won a ThinkQuest Website Competition back in June, and as a result, I get to go to California in October 10 (6 days away as of date of posting) and get a laptop worth of $1500. Just to make myself even more excited, I want to host a mini contest here.
This contest will run until October 10. I won’t know the answer to this question until around October 13th, but I will release the answer (and pics!) right away when I get it.
Here are some hints:
- The laptop’s approximate value is US$1500 (you might want to calculate tax in it as well…)
- HP and Dell are major sponsors of the event (that probably won’t mean I’ll definitely get HP or Dell)
- They might not have bought the laptop on the day that they give it to me…
- It’s probably not a customized model (which means fixed specs), so on websites like HP’s and Dell’s, I suggest you look for Quickship models
Comment on this post with your answer, probably with exact brand/model/specs by October 10. Here’s how I will determine who’s the closest (example values):
- EXACT: Apple Macbook Pro 13’’ 2.53GHz
- CLOSE: Apple Macbook Pro 13’’ 2.26GHz
- 2nd CLOSE: Apple Macbook Pro 13’’
- 3rd CLOSE: Apple Macbook Pro 15’’ (whatever specs)
- 4th CLOSE: Apple Macbook Air
- 5th CLOSE: Whatever laptop with with 2.53GHz CPU, 4GB RAM, 250GB Harddrive
Each person is only allowed to enter this contest once. If I catch anybody cheating, you will be disqualified.
The value of the prize will not be less than US$3. Only ONE person with the closest/exact answer wins. In the case of tie, I’ll use a random generator to determine the winner. I will most likely just hand you the prize in person if you are in Hong Kong or Shanghai (you’ll probably have to wait until December for Shanghai people), or via paypal for other people in the world (Paypal not applicable for real life friends in Hong Kong or Shanghai)
Feel free to visit the website that I won!
There are 11 Comments to Guess what laptop I will get, and WIN A PRIZE. Feel free to leave a comment or trackback from your site. Get updates through the RSS Feeds
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013
Posted at October 4, 2009 on 10:40pm.
macbook pro 13″ 2.53 GHz
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DotMRT
Posted at October 4, 2009 on 11:26pm.
Apple Macbook Pro 15
3
Thanakrit Gu
Posted at October 5, 2009 on 9:31pm.
HP HDX 18t Premium series
4
sam
Posted at October 6, 2009 on 10:05pm.
Dell Studio XPS 16 Intel ® Core ™ i7 720QM 1.6GHz (2.8 GHz Turbo Mode, 6MB Cache)
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Jonathan
Posted at October 8, 2009 on 10:24pm.
Core I7 (3.00GHz), 8GB ram, 1TB HDD, Blu Ray Writer, Dual 1GB (2GB Total) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280m in SLI, 18.4-Inch 1920 x 1080 LCD (1080P FullHD), Integrated Wireless N
(= oh how i wish it was the above
okay… here’s my real guess:
HP
Windows Vista
Intel Core 2 Duo (2.53 GHz, 3 MB L2 Cache, 1066MHz FSB)
4GB DDR2
500GB HDD
512MB ATI Mobility Radeon(TM) HD 4530
16.0″ diagonal High Definition
DVD writer
Wireless G card
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Jason
Posted at October 9, 2009 on 11:02pm.
HP HDX 18t Premium series
-Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad Processor Q9000 (2.00Ghz, 6MB L2 Cache, 1066MHz FSB)
-3GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm) – For 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT graphics
-320GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
-512MB NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT – For DDR2 Memory
-18.4″ diagonal High Definition HP Ultra BrightView Infinity Display (1920x1080p)
-Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (32-bit)
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Micah Sittig
Posted at October 13, 2009 on 2:45pm.
MacBook Pro 14″
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Peter Zhang
Posted at October 14, 2009 on 1:02pm.
Seems like Apple is a donor of the event. Iwen and DotMRT… you might have a chance. =)
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013
Posted at October 18, 2009 on 1:53pm.
I WON!!!1 HELL TO THE YES!
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DotMRT
Posted at October 25, 2009 on 9:12pm.
Cool
Thankz for the info!