Maybe I am a little too late about talking about this event or rather giveaway, but its still better then never. Although you have miss out one, but there is still 30 Dragons out there waiting for you to snap up.

Now, if you have absolutely no idea what I am talking about, you better read on, cause you will definitely be on the losing end if you don't!

For the next 30 days till 8th june, every single day, one laptop would be given away to one Earthling (meaning, the basic eligibility is that you reside on Earth), and its not just any normal laptop. From its name Dragon, you should understand what we are dealing with here. So before I let you know more, why not I show you the prize first hand!

The Prize: Hp Pavilion HDX "Dragon" Entertainment PC

Specifications:

• Operating system
  
  • Windows Vista Ultimate (64-bit)
• Processor
  
  • Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Extreme Processor X9000 (2.80GHz, 6MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB)
• Display
  
  • 20.1" diagonal WUXGA High-Definition HP Ultra Brightview Widescreen
    
• Memory
  • 4 GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)
• Hard Drive
  
  • 500GB 5400RPM SATA Dual Hard Drive (250GB x 2)
• Graphics
  
  • 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS
• Primary CD/DVD Drive
  • Blu-Ray ROM with SuperMulti DVD+/-R/RW Double Layer
• TV & Entertainment Experience
  
  • Integrated HP HDTV Hybrid TV Tuner and 4 Altec Lansing speakers with HP Triple Bass Reflex subwoofer
• Personalization
  
  • HP Imprint Finish (Dragon) + Fingerprint Reader + Webcam + Microphone
• Networking
  
  • Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Network Connection and Bluetooth
• Battery
  
  • 9 Cell Lithium Ion Battery.
• Software
  
  • Microsoft Office 2007
  • Corel PaintShop Pro X2
  • Corel Painter Essentials
  • Corel Ulead Video Studio Plus 11.5
• Games
  
  • Viva Piñata
  • Microsoft Flight Simulator X
  • Microsoft Flight Simulator X Expansion Pack
  • Gears of War
• Movies
  
  • Pirates of the Caribbean – The Curse of the Black Pearl – Blu Ray
  • Pirates of the Caribbean – Dead Man’s Chest- Blu Ray
  • Pirates of the Caribbean – At World’s End – Blue Ray

Okay, hopefully you are enticed by the wonderful specs that this laptop has. If you are not, I understand, maybe you already own an Alienware, or worse, you still don't understand what this laptop means. Basically, what all the above is trying to show is that HP, has put together a laptop that is jammed-packed with top of the line features that you can possibly have and they are willing to part ways with 31 of them, provided they are Earthlings (you will get this alot on the participating websites). And if you haven't realised, this laptop might just be more powerful than the Destop PC you are using right now.

And so to cut the long story short, the following 31 are the websites that would be having the giveaways (minus the first).

Contests Durations	Websites
02 May - 09 May	Absolutevista
03 May - 10 May	Arstechnica
04 May - 11 May	Osnn
05 May - 12 May	JK on the run
06 May - 13 May	Digital Mediaphile
07 May - 14 May	Boston Pocket pc
08 May - 15 May	The-Gadgeteer
09 May - 16 May	The digital Lifestyle
10 May - 17 May	Digital Home Thoughts
11 May - 18 May	Windows-Now
12 May - 19 May	Windows Connected
13 May - 20 May	Geeks to go
14 May - 21 May	Bink
15 May - 22 May	Mediablab
16 May - 23 May	Last 100
17 May - 24 May	Labnol
18 May - 25 May	Notebooks
19 May - 26 May	Slashdotreview
20 May - 27 May	Neowin
21 May - 28 May	Geek
22 May - 29 Mau	Locker Gnome
23 May - 30 May	Planetx64
24 May - 31 May	The Green Button
25 May - 01 Jun	I started something
26 May - 02 Jun	Bleeping Computer
27 May - 03 Jun	Hardware Geeks
28 May - 04 Jun	Geek News Central
29 May - 05 Jun	Geek Zone
30 May - 06 Jun	The Tablet pc
31 May - 07 Jun	Gear Live
01 Jun - 08 Jun	Gotta be Mobile

Yes.. yes, I am not one of the 31 websites. I guess my site is not "techie" or influential enough, oh well.. I am still a green horn here. Also, this is a promotion between HP and BuzzCorps, understandable, since I have not heard of buzzcorps at all. Kind of feel weird striking out someone's website, but still, in the spirit of understanding the underlying meaning of this giveaway, do still visit those sites which have their contests expired. You might just find something useful there.

The rules are all set by the individual websites. Some would test on your knowledge of the author, history of blogs, while others simply want to know how you would actually use this piece of machine. Basically, its all about promoting these websites, of course all related to internet and computer technologies. The winners will be announced on the last day of the contest, read carefully so as to not miss the deadline. They are very strict.

So why not try your luck, maybe you will be rewarded.. you never know..

If you are wondering about the size of this laptop or rather entertainment station, just look at the photo below.


Having said that, I am sure the Dragon would be a super super cool laptop to use and using it would be an awesome experience.. Hope I win one? Yea!

Check this out, Steven Hughes of BostonPocketPC showing Jack Cook the "big" prize.

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