CONTEST: Win a USB 3.0 Laptop and Hard Drives
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Looking to get up to Superspeed on the latest USB standard? USB 3.0 is here, and while it's not widely supported yet, products are slowly trickling out to support the new standard. You have a chance to instantly become a USB 3.0 user by entering our latest contest in conjunction with Newegg.
Our sister site Tom's Guide got its hands on the Asus N61Jq-X1, a multimedia entertainment laptop from with the distinction of having a single USB 3.0 port. To test how fast USB 3.0 really is, the N61Jq-X1 was paired with two USB 3.0-equipped external hard drives: a 500 GB BlackArmor PS 110 from Seagate and a 1 TB MyBook 3.0 from Western Digital. The former uses a 2.5-inch drive, while the MyBook is a 3.5-inch drive. Both drives spin at 7200 rpm. Check out the feature here.
Fancy getting your hands on the same kit that we did? If you're at least 18 years of age and a resident of the United States (excluding RI), you have a chance of winning the USB 3.0 package consisting of:
1. One Asus N61JQ-X1 Notebook Computer with an Intel Core i7 Mobile Processor and 4 GB of Memory
2. One Western Digital 1 TB MyBook 3.0 External Disk Drive
3. One Seagate BlackArmor PS 110 500 GB External Drive
Good luck!
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Yet another US only contest
wow a "USB3 LAPTOP"
DO A WORLDWIDE CONTEST PLEASE!
wow a "USB3 LAPTOP"
You know, it may not be awe inspiring, but I doubt you'd be so cynical if you won it for free.
You may not tout it as such (USB 3.0 Laptop), but you'd still tout it.
So what, it's laptop that you plug into USB 3.0?
How is that practical?
The Asus N61JQ-X1? Holy crap!!! I want one of this laptop in the worst way!!! I been staring at this laptop in my Newegg cart for weeks, but all my money right now is going towards redoing a bathroom and insulating a basement. The joys of adulthood.
It seems that Tomshardware is really US Only Hardware site
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And LOL @ the contest title. "Win a 3.0 USB laptop." Not "Win a Quad Core laptop, with DX11 and USB 3.0." Maybe, TH doesn't want to read though a ton of applications.
I Entered.... Hope I Win! **Crosses Fingers**
Yet another US only contest
Because we are the only ones that matter, USA USA!
You don't love Canada. We even let you win at hockey, you ungrateful people!
Do want!
Because we are the only ones that matter, USA USA!
I challenge you to a dual!
You'd think they'd have a few European competitions every now and again what with being a European owned company.
transfering all this pr0n can be a pain via USB
transfering all this pr0n can be a pain via USB
although the experience could be made better through a usb 3.0 connection lol. I also hate the fact that toms won't open up the contest to at lest those of us in the same continent. All those contests we have in canada always allows the US residence to win. Hell a couple month ago we even let a US residence win the lottery here in ontario.
The Asus N61JQ-X1? Holy crap!!! I want one of this laptop in the worst way!!! I been staring at this laptop in my Newegg cart for weeks, but all my money right now is going towards redoing a bathroom and insulating a basement. The joys of adulthood.
for me its the wife who won't let me now im hoping i win. I always enter but never win. *sigh*
Shucks! I have to read the THG article and answer questions. Reminds me of a school quizz.
hmmm...us only...aus so needs a page, and some competitions
Yet another US only contest
Actually if I had to guess it is probably an issue dealing with EU bureaucrats and idiotic red tape. No telling how many forms TH would have to fill out, hoops to jump through, and waiting for an approval before they could hold this contest to EU nations. So to be fair to non-EU nations, they decided to keep it US only.
entered hope I finally win at least one internet giveaway
What? Excluding RI? What in the heck did we do?
Jeeze, first of the OG 13 to declare itself rid of oppressive British rule and this is the thanks we get?
Serious though, why RI? You would think we wouldn't warrant any notice at all, I mean we got like what, 10 or 15 people that might actually enter this contest?
I understand why Quebec is excluded...but come on, why exclude Canada?
For those of you wondering why this contest is USA only and why RI is excluded here is a brief explanation.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/question541.htm
Max
For those of you wondering why this contest is USA only and why RI is excluded here is a brief explanation.http://www.howstuffworks.com/question541.htmMax
Like these idiots are going to click that link and bother reading it. They rather whine on here every time a contest pops up.
For those of you wondering why this contest is USA only and why RI is excluded here is a brief explanation.http://www.howstuffworks.com/question541.htmMax
Thanks! I was always wondering why we were excluded (RI resident).
I understand now why Tom's does this. It's more disturbing that our state would impose such a ludicrous law. All this is going to do is prevent businesses from promoting their product in our state.....
That's what we need....less business....morons.
And for what? The chance to impose a nominal fee/fine.......really?
Thanks! I was always wondering why we were excluded (RI resident). I understand now why Tom's does this......That's what we need....less business....morons.And for what? The chance to impose a nominal fee/fine.......really?
Get ready for more ludicrous taxes and business killing legislation from the idiots running Washington right now. But it's pretty funny - my earlier comment about mindless government horse sh!t red tape and bureaucratic regulations wasn't too far off the mark after all and I meant it to be semi-sarcastic. Figures.
...but all my money right now is going towards redoing a bathroom and insulating a basement. The joys of adulthood.
i read this as insulting a basement. funnier that way.
Weee! I wanna new laptop!
"I challenge you to a dual!"
Then I shall challenge you to a spelling bee!
Tipoo, I used to think that Canada ought to be bombed on general principles for being so smug.
However, since pretty much everything that passes for science fiction on American television is filmed in Vancouver, and since Canada is the home of the glory that is Amanda Tapping, the bombers will stay resting in their hangars.
Besides, as someone else has pointed out, American paperwork is bad enough. EU paperwork consists of the worst bureaucracy of each of its members, made worse by being filtered through several committees. Just wait another year or two- the US is rapidly becoming EU West.