I played with an HP HDX, affectionately known as the Dragon, earlier this year and it is absolutely the finest desktop replacement notebook you’ll ever see. HP and BuzzCorps have taken it on themselves to give away not one of these $4,500 systems but 31! One Dragon will be given away every single day of the 31 Days of the Dragon promotion from each of the participating web sites including here at jkOnTheRun. Here’s the deets of each awesome HDX to be given away:
TheHP HDX Dragon comes with Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate (64-bit) and ispowered by an Intel Core 2 ExtremeProcessor X9000 (2.80GHz, 6MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB). Other features include 20.1" diagonal WUXGAHigh-Definition HP Ultra Brightview Widescreen (1920×1200) 1080p, 4GB DDR2System Memory (2 Dimm), 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS, HP Imprint Finish(Dragon) + Fingerprint Reader + Webcam + Microphone, Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGNNetwork Connection and Bluetooth, 500GB 5400RPM SATA Dual Hard Drive (250GB x2), Blu-Ray ROM with SuperMulti DVD+/-R/RW Double Layer, Integrated HP HDTVHybrid TV Tuner and 4 Altec Lansing speakers with HP Triple Bass Reflexsubwoofer, and 9 Cell Lithium Ion Battery.
The entertainment notebooks will come with these evaluation software titles:Microsoft Office, Corel PaintShop Pro X2, Corel Painter Essentials,Corel Ulead Video Studio Plus 11.5, Symantec Norton Internet Security.
For the gamers in us the winners will receive the following games: VivaPiƱata,Microsoft Flight Sim, Microsoft Flight Sim Expansion Pack, Gears of War.
And since this is an entertainment beast, you will enjoy the following Blu Ray moviesout of the box:Pirates of the Caribbean – The Curse of the Black Pearl, Pirates of theCaribbean – Dead Man’s Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean – At World’s End.
Each of these giveaway packages is as big as you’ll ever see anywhere but there are 31 OF THESE TO BE GIVEN AWAY!
Each of the 31 participating web sites will run a 7 day contest on the following dates and you can enter in each and every one of them:
02 May -09 Maywww.absolutevista.com
03 May -10 Maywww.arstechnica.com
04 May -11 May www.osnn.net
05 May -12 Maywww.jkontherun.com
06 May -13 Maydigitalmediaphile.wordpress.com
07 May -14 Maywww.bostonpocketpc.com
08 May -15 Maywww.the-gadgeteer.com
09 May -16 Maywww.thedigitallifestyle.com
10 May -17 Maywww.digitalhomethoughts.com
11 May -18 Maywww.windows-now.com
12 May -19 Maywww.windowsconnected.com
13 May -20 May www.geekstogo.com
14 May -21 May bink.nu
15 May -22 May www.mediablab.com
16 May -23 Maywww.last100.com
17 May -24 Maywww.labnol.org
18 May -25 May www.notebooks.com
19 May -26 Maywww.slashdotreview.com
20 May -27 May www.neowin.net
21 May -28 May www.geek.com
22 May -29 Maywww.lockergnome.com
23 May -30 May www.planetx64.com
24 May -31 Maywww.thegreenbutton.com
25 May -01 Junwww.istartedsomething.com
26 May -02 Junwww.bleepingcomputer.com
27 May -03 Junwww.hardwaregeeks.com
28 May -04 Jun www.geeknewscentral.com
29 May -05 Junwww.geekzone.co.nz
30 May -06 Junwww.thetabletpc.net
31 May -07 Jun www.gearlive.com
01 Jun -08 Junwww.gottabemobile.com
You’ll have to mark these dates and sites down on your calendar as you won’t want to miss entering each and every one of these for your chance at a great HP Dragon. Each site will run their own contest so you need to check in to see what you need to do to win at each one. Heck, this prize is worth a bit of work, isn’t it? Stay tuned to May 5 to see what you need to do to win here at jkOnTheRun. The contest is open to anyone in the world, no US only for this big event! This is so exciting!
Join me in thanking HP and BuzzCorps for this incredible giveaway!

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