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href="http://live.pirillo.com/">http://live.pirillo.com/</a> &#8211; Yeah, this is a true &#8220;give away&#8221; for my Acer Ferrari 5000 notebook &#8211; running a legal copy of Windows Vista. Why am I doing this? Well, for a lot of reasons. Namely, it&#8217;s to help spread the word about our new efforts in the <a
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href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cami8O7NvuE">Vista Laptop Giveaway</a> video), proving that you have subscribed to my podcast feed by holding up your device and showing everyone. Subscribe to <a
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href="http://live.pirillo.com/">http://live.pirillo.com/</a> &#8211; Yeah, this is a true &#8220;give away&#8221; for my Acer Ferrari 5000 notebook &#8211; running a legal copy of Windows Vista. Why am I doing this? Well, for a lot of reasons. Namely, it&#8217;s to help spread the word about our new efforts in the <a
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href="http://chris.pirillo.com/media/">video tutorials</a>. This is not a contest &#8211; and the recipient will be chosen at random.</p><p>You can do one of two (or both) of the following to float onto my give away radar &#8211; both of which have to do with subscribing to my <a
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href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cami8O7NvuE">Vista Laptop Giveaway</a> video), proving that you have subscribed to my podcast feed by holding up your device and showing everyone. Subscribe to <a
href="http://feeds.pirillo.com/ChrisPirilloShow">http://feeds.pirillo.com/ChrisPirilloShow</a> in any podcast program (like iTunes, Zune, PSP, etc.). Showing me a Web page will not suffice.</li><li>Write a review for &#34;The Chris Pirillo Show&#34; in the iTunes store &#8211; just be honest with your review, as flattery won&#8217;t curry favor or increase your odds. If you already have iTunes installed, you can use this <a
href="itms://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=73330048">podcast</a> link.</li></ol><p>That&#8217;s it. One person will get this laptop, which I&#8217;ve hardly used:</p><p><ul><li>Built on AMD&#8217;s Direct Connect Architecture (AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology)</li><li>ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 512 MB of HyperMemory</li><li>A bright 15.4&#34; WSXGA display with 16 ms response time (widescreen)</li><li>HDMI port &#8211; an uncompressed digital audio / video interface that perfectly reproduces source content</li></ul><p> So, simply post a video response with proof of your subscription and/or write a review of this podcast in iTunes. Either way, <a
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