Win a Lenovo A70z All-in-One Desktop Computer: Enter Now!

[Jason Dunn]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhW13yE24Xw' target='_blank'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhW13yE24Xw</a><br /><br /></div><p><object width="600" height="360" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/fhW13yE24Xw&amp;ap=%26fmt=18" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fhW13yE24Xw&amp;ap=%26fmt=18" /></object></p><p>I'm giving away a <a href="http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/special-offers.workflow:ShowPromo?LandingPage=/All/US/Landing_pages/ThinkCentre_desktops/09/A70z&amp;menu-id=products&amp;current-catalog-id=12F0696583E04D86B9B79B0FEC01C087&amp;current-category-id=FFA158AAECE944CD9055899B3280EA36" target="_blank">Lenovo A70z</a>&nbsp;worth $729 USD, courtesy of <a href="http://www.lenovo.com" target="_blank">Lenovo</a>. It's a great all-in-one desktop computer that I did an <a href="http://www.digitalhomethoughts.com/news/show/98273/lenovo-thinkcentre-a70z-all-in-one-desktop-computer-unboxing-and-first-impressions.html" target="_blank">unboxing and first impressions video of</a>, and you can win it in a random drawing. You'll be winning a brand new A70z, still in the box, not the one I used in the video. I'll be selecting a random comment <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhW13yE24Xw" target="_blank">posted on this YouTube video</a>&nbsp;telling me why this A70z is better than the computer you currently have, or how you'd use the A70z as a secondary computer. To win, that person has to be subscribed to my <a href="http://www.youtube.com/thoughtsmedia" target="_blank">YouTube channel</a> and has to have marked the video as a favourite. I forgot to mention that you should also Like the video, so that's not part of the official rules - but doing so would be the nice thing to do. :-)</p><p>The contest starts today, and runs until midnight on the 12th (GMT -7) - I'll be randomly selecting the winner on the morning of the 13th. One entry per person, and the winner must be located in the USA or Canada. Don't forget too that this is part of a <a href="http://www.digitalhomethoughts.com/news/show/98517/win-a-lenovo-a70z-all-in-one-desktop-pc-in-the-big-15-000-giveaway.html" target="_blank">much bigger giveaway</a> ($15,000+) so be sure to check out all the of the other sites that are giving away their own A70z's. Good luck everyone!</p>

[Alber1690]

Awesome giveaway :)

[mcwilliams132]

Sweet Giveaway!

[jaxim]

How do you "favorite" the video? I don't see a "favorite" button. I see the "Like" thumbs-up button.

Do I click on the "send to" button, and then click "Favorites" in order to favorite the video?

thanks! and great giveaway!

[Jason Dunn]

How do you "favorite" the video? I don't see a "favorite" button. I see the "Like" thumbs-up button.

Save To > Favorites. :)

[Jason Dunn]

Awesome giveaway :)

Thanks guys, glad you like it. :)

[PPC to go]

I have a great Lenovo Thinkpad ... but the VGA port has died! And it is on the motherboard!?!? So I am suffering with lack of second monitor ... ugh. Need this!

[leslietroyer]

right now the main computer in the family room sits on top of the desk and doesn't look great. The Kid is ready to take it to college with him, so I'll be replacing it. This would look much better than the one I have there now.

LEs

[Jason Dunn]

This isn't the place to enter the contest - you need to do so over at the YouTube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhW13yE24Xw).

[TKETZ196]

MY current computer is a Dell Latitude D505. It is a good computer, but now it is showing its age. It is a 6 yr old machine. I got Windows 7 to run on it, but having this all in one would be a great replacement.

Then i can use this laptop as a secondary netbook for e-mails or use it for some other purpose. I hate throwing good computers away that can still run essential, modern applications. Having this computer though would be great for me to have.

[cdmtx]

wow awesome giveaway ! done & fingers crossed - cdmtx :D

[stubaby]

First I would like to thank you for the chance to enter this contest and explain my reasons for wanting it.
I was working for a small company and always wanted to have my own company, but alas that has not happened yet. I then met this wonderful woman, Donna who turned out to be the love of my life, and we dated for awhile, and then as many, differed apart, only to rediscover one another sometime later. She has become my wife, partner and best of all my true friend. We have been blessed with a wonderful daughter the past 22 years. But, the story takes a nasty twist, not the fairy tale that we wanted from each other.
I moved up in the company that I worked for, and was asked to take over the Atlantic region of the company, we talked for many hours and decided to give it a shot and move from New England to the Maryland/Virginia are for me. We took our daughter with us and packed a truck, hopped in the cab and took off for our new adventure. Donna did this for me; she has done many things for me to advance my career. Dinners, socials, trade shows, meetings, and long hours of being alone in a strange area (she grew up in New England)…..all for me.
Then the worst happened, the dr’s appointment that was,” we need to talk to you both”. We went to see the doctor in Annapolis, and now it wasn’t about me, it was about her. All about her.
Donna has put her career on hold for me, trying to start her own professional photography business , working in day care and raising our daughter, to volunteering at various animal rescue groups were ever we have lived. She has spent countless hours organizing, trapping, soliciting and even fostering the sick and infirmed animals that no one wanted until they got better and ready for adoption. She has photographed families that could afford family portraits, or even school type pictures for free in our area. But now, it was time that she had to focus on herself. I had to leave my job to care for her as well as our daughter. I gave up a high paying job, our house, moved back to New England, family, friends to care for her throughout her illness, over the past five years she has endured countless procedures, operations, spinal taps, blood tests, MRI’s, cat scans, poked and prodded, multiple doctors. This past January after a last ditch effort to stop all this, we found a wonderful doctor that has sent her into a state of remission. No more treatments, no more pills no more….”what next” to having my friend, my partner and best of all my wife back.
As she starts to try and get back on track and start her life over. She has hopes of starting her own business as well as I do too. I have been working on acquiring a landscape construction business as Donna is trying to restart her photography business, all the while still volunteering to help animal rescue groups in our area, with all her organizing skills.
This computer will be used for both our businesses, mostly Donnas, to store, plan and work on her photography work, and to help develop the different animal rescue groups that she loves to participate in. The computer will benefit non - profit organizations that care for cats and dogs that will be taken in to no-kill shelters as well as no-kill foster care programs that Donna volunteers for. Most of the work has to be done at home. This is due to the fact that she still is unable to drive and spend too much time on her feet as of yet. We could use this computer since we have moved into a small town house and have little room with our daughter, German shepherd dog, 2 adoptive cats, 2 foster cats and 4 foster kittens.
If you chose us as the winners we would be using the computer for our personal/business as well as for no-kill /non-profit organizations in our local area. This computer will not only benefit our family, but many people as well as many animals in the future.

[bwest11]

does anyone else find it annoying/upsetting/etc that there is never any Zune news on Zunethoughts? i'm a highly loyal Zune guy and have owned three different zunes. i just wish there was actually something to get excited about more than twice a year.

[Jason Dunn]

I'm not sure why you're posting this comment in a Digital Home Thoughts contest thread :confused:, but...

does anyone else find it annoying/upsetting/etc that there is never any Zune news on Zunethoughts? i'm a highly loyal Zune guy and have owned three different zunes. i just wish there was actually something to get excited about more than twice a year.

I agree completely. As you can imagine, it's kind of hard to run a Zune-focused site when there's so little to talk about day to day. Microsoft's effort in the Zune department have really slowed down, and there's no indication of a hardware launch this fall...which is the first time since 2006 that they haven't launched new/updated hardware in the fall. Their entire effort against the iPod was so half-assed...only releasing in the USA, etc. It's been SUPER frustrating to watch.