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Intel Core i5 Processor Review & Giveaway

November 17, 2010 By Rhoda 287 Comments

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This is a compensated review by BlogHer and Intel.

All of us who blog know that blogging can take up a lot of time. There’s writing posts, taking pics, editing pics, getting everything loaded and ready to post. Whewwww! It can be a lot of work and take up a lot of precious time that could be spent more productively.

Since my blog is SO much about decorating and making a home pretty, I do take a lot of pics and have enjoyed honing my photography skills so much since I began this blogging journey. Editing photos is probably one of the most time-consuming things about blogging, but I love doing that extra step to make sure my pics are blog-worthy and the pics fit my blog size-wise. All of that takes some time.

Having a computer that can keep up with all my blog multi-tasking is SO important! I spend a lot of time in my little office nook and love having this space to work in. And having a great computer just helps me tremendously in keeping up with all that goes along with this blogging thing!

I was recently blessed  (jumping up and down!!) with a new laptop, thanks to my association with BlogHer. A beautiful new laptop was sent to me to keep and try out for myself and I can tell you that it’s really making my life easier already. Earlier this year, my old computer crashed. I had relied on a desktop set-up for several years and all of a sudden, it died! I purchased a small netbook and that is what has kept me going this year, but I really felt I needed something more powerful for every day use. My little netbook will now be my backup and travel computer.

This new computer is powered by the Intel® Core™ i5 processor with Turbo Boost Tchnology, which allows me to get more done in less time and an Intel Wireless Display(aka WiDi) adaptor allowing me to use my HDTV as a monitor. How cool is that?

This little Netgear gadget is what allows me to see my computer monitor ON my HDTV! What will they think of next? Just by plugging this in and downloading the software, I can do this:

My TV becomes the computer monitor. Now, this is probably not a feature that I’ll be using every day, but I can think of a few ways to utilize this one. Watching a DVD from my laptop on the HDTV without having a DVD player, looking at photos online and seeing them really big, or doing a presentation of some sort without having to have extra equipment. Pretty cool, huh?

This new laptop with the Core i5 Intel processor is super-fast and is definitely keeping up with all the tasks I need to get accomplished everyday. My snazzy new laptop is so fast and I can see multi-tasking will not be a problem with this baby!

Here is some more info on the Intel Core processor family.  Visit Intel for more information:

  • Smarter processors that deliver extra performance whenever you need it, and increased energy efficiency when you don’t.
  • Features 4-way (and 8-way) multi-task processing that allows each core of your processor to work on two tasks at the same time— that’s Intel® Hyper-Threading

Why wait? Now you can start doing. Get a smart Intel® processor inside in your next PC.

This is a sponsored post with BlogHer and here’s the GREAT news!  I will be giving away a $250 giftcard to Best Buy for one of YOU and there are other chances to win on the round-up page below.  Be sure and sign up at all of them to maximize your chances.

Giveaways are from BlogHer and not Intel.

CHECK THIS OUT!!

There will be FOUR (4) laptop giveaways going on at BlogHer, so don’t miss that too.  You will have plenty of time to sign up for all during the sweepstakes period.

Go here to enter ALL the giveaways and for more information, check out the Blogher.com round-up page: BlogHer.com exclusive offers page.

I’ll be doing another post on this giveaway next week too and comments on BOTH posts will be eligible for the contest.

Which of these Intel features would benefit you the most??

Please follow these instructions for entering TWO times only:

No duplicate comments.

You may receive (2) total entries by selecting from the following entry methods:

  • Leave a comment in response to the sweepstakes prompt on this post
  • Tweet about this promotion and leave the URL to that tweet in a comment on this post
  • Blog about this promotion and leave the URL to that post in a comment on this post
  • Follow this link and provide your email address and your response to the sweepstakes prompt
  • Sweepstakes runs from 11-17 to 12/22/10 and ends at 5 PM PST on December 22, 2010

This giveaway is open to US Residents age 18 or older.

Winners will be selected via random draw, and will be notified by e-mail.

You have 72 hours to get back to me, otherwise a new winner will be selected.

The Official Rules are available here.

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  1. Sandra Brower says

    December 1, 2010 at 9:52 pm

    What a great giveaway! Thank you for all your work in bringing this to us. I love Blogher and appreciate the work it takes for all of you to introduce us to all the wonderful products you review. Plus, you give us the chance to own some things which we might not otherwise be able to. Personally, I love glimpsing real women in their own environments doing things and accomplishing things for themselves. You all give your audience a great model to look up to and emulate. 🙂

    Reply
  2. Sandra Brower says

    December 1, 2010 at 9:53 pm

    I tweeted:

    http://twitter.com/#!/Allhoneyhere/status/10179472028344320

    Reply
  3. Carrie S says

    December 2, 2010 at 3:11 pm

    The laptop looks wonderful. I would love to use it to work with photos of my children.

    Reply
  4. Benny Williams says

    December 6, 2010 at 10:01 pm

    Which of these Intel features would benefit you the most?? The processor speed! A faster processor would definitely help me not go crazy…I’m always waiting for the computer to “think”…errr… Thanks for the giveaway!

    Reply
  5. Benny Williams says

    December 6, 2010 at 10:02 pm

    I tweeted too:
    http://twitter.com/#!/benny8484/status/11993810267541504

    Reply
  6. Haven says

    December 17, 2010 at 7:50 pm

    Hyperthreading would benefit me the most!

    Reply
  7. Haven says

    December 17, 2010 at 7:51 pm

    blogged here

    http://havensinformer.blogspot.com/2010/12/blogher-and-intel-present.html

    Reply
  8. Donna B. says

    December 18, 2010 at 11:18 am

    The multi-task processing would definitely help me out – I’m always doing several things at once on my computer so having a processor that is speficially designed to handle multi-tasking would be fantastic!

    Reply
  9. Donna B. says

    December 18, 2010 at 11:19 am

    tweet http://twitter.com/simplydab/status/16180600494886912

    Reply
  10. Mary M says

    December 18, 2010 at 6:36 pm

    The turbo boost would really be a huge benefit to me. I am not fast at all but a faster computer would make my life a lot easier.

    [email protected]

    Reply
  11. Mary M says

    December 18, 2010 at 6:38 pm

    Tweeted too

    http://twitter.com/#!/marybug2/status/16290847339315200

    marybug2 @ yahoo . com

    Reply
  12. Jean D. says

    December 19, 2010 at 7:38 pm

    No contest: Intel’s Turbo Boost would make my job a breeze. I edit work page to page, covering many websites. Waiting for pages to open takes FOREVER on my current computer.

    Thanks for this generous giveaway!

    Reply
  13. Jean D. says

    December 19, 2010 at 7:40 pm

    Tweeted you!
    http://twitter.com/Ida_Sessions/status/16669024578441216

    Reply
  14. Jearv says

    December 21, 2010 at 12:34 am

    I think the Turbo Boost technology would really help me when I want to multitask with different programs. Especially when I’m running music and writing essays!

    Reply
  15. Jearv says

    December 21, 2010 at 12:35 am

    I tweeted about this promotion!
    http://twitter.com/#!/Fundaezed/status/17105734869188608

    Reply
  16. Deanna G. says

    December 21, 2010 at 2:43 am

    Definitely the Intel® Hyper-Threading! 🙂

    Reply
  17. Danyell says

    December 22, 2010 at 9:48 am

    The Turbo Boost is what I need !

    [email protected]

    Reply
  18. Danyell says

    December 22, 2010 at 9:55 am

    I blogged about this giveaway :
    http://givemegiveaways.blogspot.com/2010/12/southern-hospitality-is-also-hosting.html

    [email protected]

    Reply
  19. Liz says

    December 22, 2010 at 10:18 am

    The hyperthreading would help me multitask!

    Reply
  20. Liz says

    December 22, 2010 at 10:19 am

    I tweeted!

    http://twitter.com/#!/FakeGradSchool/status/17615022196793344

    Reply
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