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News Posted: Wed, Dec 17 2008 8:59 AM

Earlier this quarter, we teamed up with Intel and our publicist, Federated Media, in an effort to hold a very special sort of contest and promotion called "Need A Tech Makeover".  The contest allowed us to give back to the community and help out three deserving people whose lives were desperately in need of a technology face-lift.  These three lucky winners would each be awarded $5,000 worth of new desktops and notebooks based on Intel Centrino 2 and Core 2 technology, as well as all the required peripherals to take full advantage of all their new computing horsepower.  Recently, we announced our three lucky winners, a small town Performing Arts group called Steps Off Broadway, a stage 4 cancer survivor, Christine from South Carolina, and Susan from Martha's Vineyard Fiber Farm.

Today, we are proud to unveil the LIVE Tech Makeover action for all three winners!  It was such a great experience meeting these three very interesting and gracious people.  They all have very cool stories to tell.  We were honored to have the opportunity to get to know them all and to help make their worlds a little more connected.  In this season of giving, we offer a sincere, heart-felt THANKS to Intel for making it all possible and to our winners for telling us their stories and letting us makeover their lives with a little tech home cookin'  - HotHardware style.  Enjoy! 

 




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bob_on_the_cob replied on Wed, Dec 17 2008 10:51 AM

I have only seen Christines video so far, but Wow guys awesome stuff.

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Marco C replied on Wed, Dec 17 2008 11:27 AM

Thanks! This was a really fun thing to be a part of.

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Der Meister replied on Wed, Dec 17 2008 1:35 PM

Looked like fun guy! Hope it was a much fun for you two as it was for the winners.

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ice91785 replied on Thu, Dec 18 2008 1:09 AM

 Watched all the videos tonight -- gotta say you guys are awesome! How much time on average did you spend at each place? The 2nd winner seems like his setup would have taken a full day or two....but maybe I am underestimated HH admin ninja skillz?

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amdcrankitup replied on Thu, Dec 18 2008 7:34 AM

 That was cool and it seemed like you had fun doing it.Makes you feel good great job Dave and Marco!

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Marco C replied on Thu, Dec 18 2008 10:26 AM

Dave and I spent a few hours crawling around under desks and routing wires that day--be we did it in a single day.

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Savage Animal replied on Sat, Dec 20 2008 9:06 PM

All the videos came out great, but of course I have my prejudice. You guys did a fantastic job, thanks again!

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peti1212 replied on Wed, Dec 24 2008 1:25 AM

Wow, nice to see happy faces esspecially during holiday season. Great job you guys! :)

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