Test Drive Windows XP Media Center Edition and Win!
Posted by Keldyn on 07 November 2002 - 02:39 · 16 comments & 885 views
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#1 Posted by syscrash2k on 07 Nov 2002 - 02:56
- DAMMIT I LIVE IN QUEBEC
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#2 Posted by Keldyn on 07 Nov 2002 - 03:03
- Yes, and I am in Australia. No body loves us.
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#3 Posted by xStainDx on 07 Nov 2002 - 03:20
- i guess its worth a shot, i never win any contests. :disappoin
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#4 Posted by Radish on 07 Nov 2002 - 03:28
- Aint happin for me, cuz im in the UK ....
Radish.
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#4.1 Posted by creamhackered on 07 Nov 2002 - 10:56
- same ere
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#5 Posted by xGarrett on 07 Nov 2002 - 03:31
- "Hello Microsoft Windows Media Center user, thank you for entering the sweepstakes to win some free things. Your e-mail address and personal information is now being delivered, via the amazing power of the .Net server, to many telemarketers and ad agency that span across the world. PS: Your chances of winning are 239829384923947293723974273429374927394729347 to 1. Thank you."
Or something like that.. I entered? Yes..
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#6 Posted by giantsnyy2002 on 07 Nov 2002 - 03:48
- damn man... i'd do it just for the 500 dollar shopping spree... i want a new motherboard and ram
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#7 Posted by IcE CReaM MaN on 07 Nov 2002 - 03:58
- The Stupid thing wont start it says click the green button then.......nothing
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#7.1 Posted by phantomAI on 07 Nov 2002 - 05:01
- I noticed the same thing, the movie won't load, so instead I launched Mozilla and it worked
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#7.2 Posted by creamhackered on 07 Nov 2002 - 10:56
- Its fixed now
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#8 Posted by Michael Lerner on 07 Nov 2002 - 04:04
- Woohoo they usually leave out Canada, Thanks M$.
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#9 Posted by oqwarrior on 07 Nov 2002 - 04:10
- w00t! I registered! Thx for the info!
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#10 Posted by Blaise on 07 Nov 2002 - 04:39
- That was painless, prizes definitely worth it! Thanks for the tip.
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#11 Posted by A-star on 07 Nov 2002 - 07:48
- They always leave Europe out
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#11.1 Posted by creamhackered on 07 Nov 2002 - 10:57
- We never get the good stuff however I am going to the Tablet PC Launch this afternoon in london
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#12 Posted by me101 on 07 Nov 2002 - 13:20
- http://www.testdrivewinxpmediacenteredition.com/registration.asp
Time to win yourselves some goodies!:)
Windows eHome team, have recently launched a sweepstakes for Windows XP Media Center Edition. They are offering a number of great prizes, including a 2003 Honda Element and HP Media Center PCs loaded with Windows XP Media Center Edition.
So pop on over to their website, view the online demo of Windows XP Media Center Edition, and enter to win a Honda Element, one of 10 HP Media Center PCs, and other cool prizes from Klipsch, HP, Targus & more! Brought to you by Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard!
ELIGIBILITY
Sweepstakes open to citizens of the 50 United States (including District of Columbia) and citizens of Canada (except Quebec, Canada). Entrant must be 16 years or older. This sweepstakes is for viewing in the United States and Canada only
The Internet sweepstakes begins at 12:01 a.m. Central time on October 16, 2002 and ends at 11:59 p.m. Central Time on December 31, 2002
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This is because of the "superparamagnetic effect" - when magnetic regions on the disk become too small they cannot retain their magnetic orientations - the data - over the typical lifetime of the product.