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| Member Since: | December 15, 2008 |
| Bio: | I am a tech addict, nothing more to it! I love software, graphic design, coding, hardware, EVERYTHING! |
| Location: | Melbourne, Australia |
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- RE: HP Magic Giveaway Winner: Check your e-mail [Gadgetell]No problems. Congrats to the winner! I'm sure you deserved it.
- RE: HP Magic Giveaway Winner: Check your e-mail [Gadgetell]Oooh, who won?
- RE: Last call for the HP Magic Giveaway! [Gadgetell]@kevknight I think they'll read it - they replied to me there saying that we didn't HAVE to post a comment. Kind of a bummer. Good luck :)
- I haven't tried a blackberry before, but this looks NICE, especially for the price!
- RE: Last call for the HP Magic Giveaway! [Gadgetell]Wow, this is really exciting. Good luck to everybody! Even though I am busting to win :P
- RE: Last day to enter the HP Magic Giveaway! [Gadgetell]Oh nuts, all that time writing that article? Oh well... best of luck to everybody I suppose.
- RE: Last day to enter the HP Magic Giveaway! [Gadgetell]I would just like to add, if I do not win this contest, I would love for Shan Gee to win - defiantly deserves it as well!
- RE: Last day to enter the HP Magic Giveaway! [Gadgetell]--------NOTE - PLEASE DISREGARD MY FIRST POST! I HAVE REWRITTEN IT ALL HERE!-------- Alright, this is going to be a bit of a longer post than usual. I'll try to keep this as short as possible because I know that the person/people reviewing this post have a LOT to read through. My name is Chris and I'm a 15 year old Aussie who is a tech ADDICT, I admit it, calling me a geek is a compliment! A lot of my viewers and friends know that I make tutorials for people on youtube, I don't charge for these tutorials, nor do I put advertisements on them, so I am pretty much doing all these tutorials for free, and helping people in the comments section with them too! I have been making websites for well over five years now and am also into video production, animation, practically EVERYTHING in multimedia. I am also into building computers that friends want me to build (I COULD charge them for letting me build it, but hey, I enjoy it so I honestly don't care!) I would use just ONE of the laptops for school and business. As many of you know, I have quite a number of ideas for technology products that I want to get on the market (one of them required that surround sound system that I bought WITH MY OWN MONEY, not my parents - just so you know, to the person who said that we aren't struggling with money. That took me MONTHS to earn.) I have figured out almost everything to do with the products, even though I haven't built one yet due to financial restraints, I DO know that how I've planned out how to build these items WILL work, 100% sure. Every issue with them, that I have thought about, I have been able to fix, JUST by thinking about ways to fix things, or improve things. I have been in contact with a patent attorney for the past few weeks and we are trying to get my patents pending (which is surprisingly cheap - $50 USD, roughly), so I can present these ideas to other companies (with the protection of a patent pending), such as AMD for example, and to see if we can go with a joint-venture, where we both work on the product. These ideas have a LOT of potential, even my patent attorney thinks so - even if he didn't think it was a good idea until I fully explained it to him - I know, I'm only 15, but these are seriously great ideas. I really do need the assistance of a light weight computer. The thing is, I don't care all that much about the money, so I want to make these awesome products as affordable as possible and give a few of them away as well. I don't want Sony to keep charging $7000 for a TV that cost's them well under $1000 to make, and if you weren't to pay the scientists, etc who improve the technology, it would probably work out to well under $100 to make one of their TV's. As I said, I need a computer that is also light weight (under 4kg/10lbs) - or something that's not to heavy, computer for school. I am going into TAFE next year, well, it kind of started a few weeks ago due to my schools new system, but in any case. I am going into a TAFE course for year 10, to get certificates so that if I ever need to get a job, I can get higher paying ones, or at least have a better chance at getting a good job. In year 11, I'll hopefully be doing IT and Multimedia courses. This is the MAIN reason I need just ONE of the laptops, the rest (excluding the printer and media centre) will be shared/given to others. My parents have a job that relies on commission, and in these economic times, things are VERY bad. My parents need a computer for their work, so I would also be giving them one. I believe we may be selling the house we moved into, just one year ago. Somebody came over to look at the house the other day, I'm really not sure what's going on there, this is just to give you an idea on how bad things are at the moment. Finally though, I would give one of the computers away by holding an online contest - the person that needs it the most (and they need to prove this to me) for their creativeness or skills would win. Whether that be art, program development, architecture or anything creative that will CONTRIBUTE to society. I would also give away the 2 dvd's of Kung Fu Panda, and the blu-ray version in another contest. As I already have office 2007, I would be giving that away too, in another contest, I will give away VideoStudio 11.5 (my older version of the software) on top of all this. You may be asking, how is this impacting on others lives? Well, first of all, I'd be helping people get jobs and second of all, this would make other products more affordable, so it would help consumers and people looking for tech jobs. It will impact the life of the person who wins the computer that I give away and it will impact on my parents lives, because never before have I been able to give them something for Christmas... even though due to financial struggles, past the last seven years, I, myself haven't had any Christmas presents either, but my parents work so hard, so this being a surprise to them which will ALSO help them with their job. My end goal though, is to start this company and get through school with top marks (I am a shocking writer, and bring your own computer to type on is now allowed at school - my record is 124 words per minute for type. As for writing, I would say about 1 word every 2 seconds at best) - this ONE computer would help me so much and the three that I am giving away to family and somebody who enters the contest with creative skills. This means that ALL FOUR computers will be pushed to their limits and used by the best people in the world. The people who support their family and the people who do something for society. In a nutshell, here is what is happening as of January of 2009. I am going to be holding down my own job, doing FREE tutorials for youtube, going to TAFE AND normal school and also be in talks with companies to get my idea on the market. It's a LOT and this would really give me that last bit of "omph" I need to put in my best on all of it. If I do win this, I will obviously do HIGH DEFINITION unboxings (my favourite) with my webcam and reviews on ALL of the products and keep you all updated by vLogs online. I will also write articles on my new websites, launching next month (obviously 3 of the sites are about tech!) Thank you so much for reading. I want to wish EVERYBODY who has entered ANY of the contests the best of luck and I wish you all a very happy Christmas!
- RE: Last day to enter the HP Magic Giveaway! [Gadgetell]Heh.. and it suddenly stops :-S
- RE: Last day to enter the HP Magic Giveaway! [Gadgetell]Why is it that after a while, there are a whole bunch of entries, then they stop again.. It feels like somebody is cheating - can somebody please check the IP's?
- I reckon this would be the perfect one for school and to take on trips for me, it's powerful but a descent weight too.
- I never knew about unplugging it straight away. I generally have mine on vibrate all the time for two reasons, one, it works better than just a ring tone, in loud environment and two, I can't be stuffed finding a good enough ring tone :P Great article -Chris
- RE: Last day to enter the HP Magic Giveaway! [Gadgetell]This year I won't be getting any presents for Christmas, due to financial reasons, so I'd REALLY like to make my parents feel better by giving them something back, they really deserve it. I just wanted to add on to this. I didn't want this to come across as a "sob story" - all I am asking for is a little bit of help.
- RE: Last day to enter the HP Magic Giveaway! [Gadgetell]Hi there, my name is Chris, I'm a 15 year old Australian and here is my entry, I'll try to keep it as short as possible. Okay, so lets start with the schooling. I am going into a TAFE course next year, well, it kind of started just a few weeks ago, but technically, it starts next year. TAFE will basically allow me to get certificates in areas so that I can get better jobs, or have a better chance at getting a job. I need a laptop to take to these classes. In year 10, I am doing electronics and in year 11, I am doing I.T and multimedia courses, hopefully - if I get in. Just a note, in case you are wondering how I got into TAFE a year before almost everybody else in Australia. It is because my school has introduced a new system, I was very lucky to get in and I need a laptop more than ever now. The other thing is this, and I know this may sound REALLY crazy, me being 15 and all, but please hear me out. I have been in contact with a patent attorney past the last few weeks and even though at first, he didn't think my ideas were THAT amazing, after I fully explained them to him, he thinks they have a lot of potential. I need a laptop that can handle decently high resolution videos and is LIGHT WEIGHT so that I can take presentations on my laptop to companies such as AMD to present to them my ideas. I know it sounds like a long shot but I can email you with proof that I am trying to get a patent pending. I'm looking at going through a joint-venture with a company so that, for example, they provide the funds, I provide the ideas, we share the profits and have both of our company names in the product. I want these products to be very affordable too. On top of this, I create websites and services - some should be released in a few weeks time. I also do FREE tutorials to help out people and try to take all the requests I get, I help out MANY people online on youtube in the comments sections. I'm also going to be getting a job next year, so it's going to be a heck of a lot of work for me to do, I really need a bit of help here. So basically, I need a laptop school and my own business. Anyway, my parents jobs rely on commission, and at this time with the economy, it's REALLY tough for them to get money in. I'd rather not talk about this in public, but feel free to contact me for more info, things are REALLY bad (admins.) Anyway, they have been needing a computer for their work for quite a while now and I wanted to give them one for Christmas as a surprise. I wanted to also give one of the computers away in a contest held online, after I have done an unboxing, overview and review of the product. I want to give one away to a person that can prove to me they need it to unleash their skills or creativeness. All of the products will be unboxed, reviewed and overviewed in HD on YouTube, obviously with credit to this site. So, there you have it, all I need is one laptop, I'll give the rest away to family and one away on an online contest. I will also be happy to hold a contest for Office 2007 and KungFu Panda. Again, I will hold a contest and give away one of the computers to somebody who needs a new machine to do something creative with, or unleash their skills. Such as photoshop or CAD 3D etc. As long as they can prove it to me - I don't need everything in this package. Thank you SO much for the opportunity, I want to wish everybody the best of luck. I really need just one of the computers and so do my un-suspecting parents - they have no idea that I am entering this :P -Chris
