Worst PC wins new HP
By Ria Sharma

On Oct 7, we had reported on how American tech blog Technologizer has launched a ‘Worst computer contest’.  The winner would receive a brand new top of the line HP Envy 13.

Technologizer is edited by Harry McCracken who was named to the Folio: 40 list of media industry movers and shakers.  More importantly, in 2008 he received ABM’s Timothy White award for editorial integrity. And he has won many such awards.  In an average month, his blog gets 400 thousand unique visitors.

The winner of the contest has just been announced.

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The bigger they are, the harder they fall

Yes, the worst PC in America is a Mac–the one belonging to Reynaldo Rivera, who won our contest and will be receiving the HP Envy 13. In 2006, when it was new, this MacBook Pro was arguably one of the best PCs in America. Now it’s missing its screen (and some keys), its trackpad and Superdrive don’t work, it has a mouse that’s held together with duct tape–and best of all, its video display is a 13-inch standard-definition TV, which it’s connected to using a vintage Curtis Mathes VCR as an intermediary. Oh, and the machine failed altogether while Reynaldo was preparing his entry. Did I mention he’s being using a well-worn copy of Dante’s Inferno as a mousepad?
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(Techgoss had published the following article on Oct 7, 2009)

Worst computer contest
By Ria Sharma

Harry McCracken founded and currently edits tech blog Technologizer. Last year, Harry was named to the Folio: 40 list of media industry movers and shakers.  More importantly, in 2008 he received ABM’s Timothy White award for editorial integrity. And he has won many such awards.  In an average month, his blog gets 400 thousand unique visitors.

Apart from being a man of intelligence and integrity, Harry also comes up with great ideas.  His latest idea is to hold an America wide contest for the worst computer in the country. And the owner of the worst computer gets a brand new state of the art HP Envy.

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Do you own a bad PC? A really, really bad one?  It might be bad because it’s antiquated, in ramshackle condition, overwhelmed with a desktop full of junky software, or just plain ugly–or maybe all of the above.

Well, if you do, today might be your lucky day–we’re looking for the worst computer in the country. And when we find it–or at least the worst one possessed by someone who enters our contest–we’ll give its owner a truly nifty new PC, the HP Envy 13, courtesy of HP.
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Certainly a clever idea to create buzz and engage your readers.