Show Me Your Intel!
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- Dropped Dec 9th, 2008 by Ted Murphy in fun, gear
Like many of you I am a fan of Intel. I am running Intel processors in my laptop and desktop and I love the Intel brand. I may not have a Intel processor mini-museum in my basement like my buddy Shoemoney, but I do proudly sport the Intel logo on shirts and stickers as a smaller symbol of nerdism. When my friend Brito (who works at Intel) told me he was coming to visit I asked him to drop by the Intel company store and pick me up some swag. He totally hooked me up, so much so that I have decided to share some of this hard to get Intel gear with my readers.
Intel Swag Giveaway
Computer nerds of the world unite! I am giving away an awesome OGIO laptop bag, a basic notepad, a really nice leather notepad and an oversized pen…. all branded with the Intel logo. This is some high quality gear and would make a cool gift for the computer nerd in your family. As far as I know you can only get this stuff from the company store in Silicon Valley.
How to Enter
You can enter up to three ways. Each type of entry gets you a certain amount of chances to win.
1. POST (10 entries) : Show me your Intel! Write a post on your blog linking back to this post with a picture of you and your Intel powered computer. I want your nerdom to be glowing.
2. COMMENT (2 entries) : Leave a comment on this blog with the type of Intel chip(s) you are running and what type of computer.
3. TWEET it out (1 entry) : Tweet the phrase “RT @tedmurphy is giving away awesome swag from #Intel on his blog http://urlbrief.com/93c309”
You can have up to 13 entries per person if you do all three. The winner will be chosen at random. Contest cIoses at midnight EST December 17th, 2008. Iam going to announce the winner on December 18th and will ship it to you in time for Christmas as long as you get back to me with your address by the 19th. This is a personal contest, not sponsored by any company.
Trackbacks
- I Got Your Intel Right Here! | An Exercise in Social Media | Your Life in the Real World posted on December 9th, 2008
- Why Entering Contests is a Win-Win scenario | Affiliate By Night posted on December 10th, 2008
- Are You a Winner? | Ted Murphy posted on December 19th, 2008
Tweeted. http://twitter.com/BenSpark/status/1047077673 What, no Intel powered computer?
@BenSpark:
Maybe one of these days!
My proc is an Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor running at 2.13GH
Hmm .. maybe I should get a faster one …
I recently upgraded my home PC with a 3.16 ghz Core 2 Duo and the thing fliiiiiiiiiiiiiies.
Tweeted: http://twitter.com/yeabuddy/status/1047082077
I have a 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo on my macbook pro and a 2.0 on my macbook.
Dude, I missed the personal contest part of this. Not expecting you to give out computers but some day, some day Intel will see that bloggers are great marketers for them. Oh I had to retweet the retweet because the link was bad. Good retweeteed link below.
http://twitter.com/BenSpark/status/1047104283
2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo / Macbook Pro Baby!
I’m sort of a pen whore so I really want the pen. What would I have to do to win that?
And I have Intel coming out my butt ’round here:)
Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurie_pooh/status/1047088016
My work and home PCs are both Intel Pentium 4 processors, and my laptop in Intel Centrino 2.
Cool contest. I might have to post of picture of me and all my geekdom later.
I’m in.
Been Intel ever since I started buying my own puters…currently using Gateway laptop model MX8739 with Genuine Intel CPU T2080 @ 1.73GHz under the hood.
Not as fast as Jenksy, but in 2007 I couldn’t argue with that power + 17″ laptop for <$500.
I have an Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 (3.66GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 12MB L2 cache) AND I write about Intel here http://www.fayerwayer.com/tag/intel/
I have a laptop with an Intel Centrino Duo T7600 @ 2.33GHz. And I have a few other laptops with Intel processors, but I don’t know what they are offhand
I am old school and don’t have an Intel Mac, but hopefully that will change in a few weeks.
My work machine is a Dell laptop with an Intel Pentium M processor running at 2.13 GHz. When I first heard Apple was switching to Intel processors, I was kind of apprehensive. But it turns out they are great for Macs! I’m looking forward to buying a new Macbook soon. And today is my birthday!
I love Intel products!
Gotta say my good old P3 has about run it’s time. I almost wish it would die so I have to upgrade, but it is time to convert the old desktop to an HTPC, so Quad Core, here I come!
@Rachel:
Happy Birthday!
Yea when Apple switched to intel it was a Big Deal. The G4’s and G5’s were just way to power hungry and just didn’t work for laptops. Plus the intel/apple commercial that came out when they announced the switch was f*cking awesome:
http://video.google.com/videosearch?client=safari&rls=en-us&q=apple%20intel%20ads&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wv#
I have a intel centrino duo in my laptop. I think I have a stone age intel chip in my desktop too.
(also retweeted as simpsonsparadox)
I’m typing this comment on a Dell XPS 410 with a Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 inside that I bought late last year. (I have my eye on the Studio XPS Desktop with the new Intel Core i7 processor in it!).
MacBook Pro’in it with a 2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo - oh yea!
Here’s my linky.
http://homeculinaire.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-i-blog.html
All challenges have been completed. I’ll take 13 lucky entries please!
Twittered! http://twitter.com/CorrinRenee/status/1047157432
Great swag…I love practical giveaways. Enough with the trinkets and trash!
I am running a 17″ MacBook Pro running a 2.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo! WOO!!!!
I have an 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo on my laptop.
Home System: Dell desktop PC with Pentium Dual-Core CPU
Work: Asus desktop PC with Intel P4 CPU, Asus EeePC 701 with Intel Celeron CPU
I have….a dual core in my Acer laptop, but I can’t tell you what speed or anything, it’s still out for repair (unrelated to the the intel chip, har-de-har). My husband has a triple core in his Gateway, but I can’t tell you what kind because I am not there with it. I am a veritable fountain of perfectly useless information.
twittered
http://twitter.com/Karen215/status/1047170732
1.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Tweeted ( http://twitter.com/anoo/status/1047312184 )! The oldest Intel still running? A 233MHz Intel Pentium (w/MMX!) in a Toshiba 2505CDS (32 whole Megs of RAM!)
I have an Intel chip in my Mac. Not sure which one… but I think there is only 1.
2.8 GHz Intel Pentium 4 in my HP Desktop
Blog post: http://flibblesan.co.uk/2008/12/09/show-me-your-intel/
tweeted @flibblesan
I’m on a Gateway PC powered by an Intel Centrino Duo processor
T2050 @ 1.60GHz
Because I worked for a computer company, I actually got one of the very first dual core models they released at an Intel class. It’s a Pentium D 2.8GHz
Planning on a new computer shortly as that thing just doesn’t cut it for video editing. One of the best processors that you can get without spending crazy money right now is the Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16 GHz. It’s not insane expensive ($190) and is a killer processor. Better than the Quad cores at that price level.
Those are seriously awesome prizes!
My dinosaur is a ThinkPad with Intel Celeron - sorry the printing on the back is so small I can’t read it even with glasses
Twittered for one entry!
Wow…I was wondering what made it all warm and fuzzy over here at Intel all of a sudden. It’s the huge net luv coming from all you peeps.
As a great side note, we just publically published our social media guidelines today on intel.com. Check them out if you’re curious. We’d love to hear what you think. http://www.intel.com/sites/sitewide/en_US/social-media.htm
Btw, I’m probably not eligible for the contest but I too have Intel processors running in the 6 pcs we have at home!
Let me start by saying that I used to be a die hard AMD fan, but then Intel’s Core Duo architecture hit the streets and AMD hasn’t been able to keep up.
My first step to the Intel side (besides my 233mmx in the first computer that I ever bought when I was 16) was my last Toshiba laptop that sported a 1.6GHz Core Duo which is still a strong chip in comparison to entry level notebook processors (it’s very close to what’s in the MacBook Air).
Since then, I’ve been sold. I built my Core2Duo desktop that will overclock far past 3GHz long before Intel released anything near that speed. I also built two workstations for friends, one for intense photoshop work a quad core rig for video editing.
I also bought my MacBook that I would have never even considered before they made the switch to Intel. With the JUNK processors that they were using, they would have never been able to make the comeback that they did. Marketing dollars only go so far. I’m happy to say that two iterations later, it will still hang with the big boys!
Finally, I am equally excited about their budget level chips. In a home theater rig, they have enough power to decode 1080p x264 video, even without a dedicated video card. This is huge news for budget builders. My only AMD system left in the house is in my living room, and even at 2.0 GHz, it still strugles with 720p content. How sad!
I’ll have to take care of that soon!
And that’s me and my Intel story.
By the way, when is Apple going to adopt the Intel Atom processor in the iPhone already? They are always crippling their devices so they will have something to add and draw revenue on the next hardware revision in six months… Bleh!
Done!
http://boatinginbeautifulbritishcolumbia.com/2008/12/09/year-of-the-contest/
Hi use a old Intel Pentium M 1.2GHz at home and a Intel Centrino Duo at work.
I’m rocking a 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo in my nifty white Macbook.
I have a Centrino Duo in my Compaq nc4400, and Intel mobile CPU & chipset in my eeepc701.
I’ve got a 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo on my Macbook
Rocking a heavily-overclocked (3.5GHz) Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 (From June ‘06!) in my box.
Thank god the Pentium 4 is dead. Bring on Sandy Bridge!
I’m loving my 2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo on my MacBook Pro.
Thanks God I can run the MS Office stuff now that the entire MS world grooves to.
Tweeted! Intel Quad Core in my home server/htpc, Core 2 Duo (2.26) in my laptop. I always use Intel chips when I build a system.
Loving my Intel chips.. been a fan and avoid all the imitations! In the Dell 820 it’s a Core2 Duo, in the INspiron, same, and in the home built machine it’s the same… gee.. detect a tend?
My Daddy MacBook Pro sports a 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor.
Waited to buy a Mac until the Intel chips came with it.
I’ve also got a MacBook and it’s got a 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo inside it. Very happy with it now, as I was over a year ago when I got it.
ThinkPad Z61t with Dual Core T5500 1.67 GHz
Have a sweeeeet Dell Inspiron 6000 with the awesome Intel Pentium M 740 / 1.6 GHz. Rocks My Socks.
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40 GHz inside a Gateway PC (GM5638E)
How about an Intel VPro 2.4 Ghz running on a Lenovo ThinkCentre 8811.
Forgot to add my tweet
http://twitter.com/moospot/status/1047629338
Dude - hook me up!! I am still running on an Intel Pentium M processor 1.70 GHz. It rocks!
Rocking a 2.6 ghz Core 2 duo in my Dell XPS 1530 “Hackbook Pro” running OSX
oh, AND a 2.4 Ghz C2D and a 2.4 ghz Quad Core xeon in my editing boxes!
Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.33 GHz - MacBook Pro 15″
Also tweeted at @warrenm
I’ve owned 10 computers in my adult life, all of them sporting intel processors. Professionally, I’ve used another 15 computers (14 intel, 1 AMD) .
I just bought my latest laptop a couple weeks ago. Its a Toshiba U405 withan Intel Core 2 Duo CPU P8400 @2.26Ghz.
It rocks, especially for speech recognition!
Now, all that said, you should have seen some of the amazing stuff that Intel was working on by themselves and in collaboration with other partners at CES 2008 last year.
They just had a press release the other day about a major break through in processing speeds, but what does that mean for your average user???
Well for me, it means that I can talk to my computer and the words appear on the screen accurately and quickly. At CES last year, I saw concept products that allowed you to roam around in virtual worlds, and control your computer with brain waves!
Literally, you put on this little EEG device on your head, and thought about which way a character in a video game would move (the game was a harry potter game).
So if a computer is going to process information about your brain waves and translate that it into action on your computer, well if that doesn’t get your inner geek turned on and excited then your just not geeking things up enough!
My HP Lappy has a rather spiffing Core 2 Duo T5450 1.66Ghz. We get along very well.
Oh yes, And I’ve retweeted too
I have a machine from Dell on loan just to do a review (SUX that I have to send it back!). This thing is so freaking fast I LOVE IT. It’s an XPS One with an Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33 GHz.
I will cry the day that I have to send it back. Or maybe I’ll just buy it from them.
“I Got Your Intel Right Here” post:
http://tinyurl.com/65v9l7
Mine’s a Mac 2.5GHz Core 2 Duo
Tweeted: http://twitter.com/klhappysurfer/status/1048395175
Done!
Consider yourself tweeted as @skychrono
Intel is made in Israel. It is Authorized!
I RT’d: http://twitter.com/JustJulie/status/1049552408
I have a Dell Inspiron laptop running an Intel Centrino 2-GHz Core 2 Duo T7200 processor. It’s a couple years old, but runs like a champ!
i run a macbook with 2.16 GHZ Intel Core 2 Duo and 1 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM Love the Intel and glad mac hooked up with them.
followed Jules and rt’d on twitter “freedrinx”
My son is planning on buying a new laptop, with Intel inside of course, with his holiday money - this would be great for him!
I set a tweet for an entry: http://twitter.com/RobynsWorld/statuses/1049567343
I’ve got an HP Pavilion laptop with:
Intel Centrino Duo
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU
T5500 @ 1.66Hz
981 MHz, 2.00 GB of RAM
I’ve tweeted (http://twitter.com/PrincessIvory/status/1051674724), I’ve posted a comment here, now all I have left is my blog post and photo — coming up next!
I want to win this swag! You can never have too much swag!
Love my laptop. I’ve got it set up on my desk to run as a desktop machine, with mouse and full keyboard on the keyboard tray, and the laptop as running as a monitor on the desk. No carpal tunnel syndrome for me - much more ergonomic this way.
http://img.skitch.com/20081212-amdtnuu7wunj4yjsi8t84nfkg.jpg