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Super Secret Twitter Giveaway: LaCie d2 Quadra Hard Disk 500GB Hard Drive
Sunday, November 20, 2005 / PowerMax Culture
If you’re reading this chances are you’re one of PowerMax’s Twitter followers, and you get to participate in one of our super-secret Twitter giveaways. In honor of LaCie’s recent announcement of their super cool 1 year free online backup service, we’re putting a brand new 500GB LaCie d2 Quadra Hard Disk Drive up on the chopping block.
LaCie 500GB Hard Disk Drive
This professional hard disk is both Mac and PC compatible, and comes with a quadruple interface: 2 x FireWire 800 ports, 1 x FireWire 400 port, 1 x Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port. Retail value is somewhere in the neighborhood of $229.99. Not too shabby!
You’re almost certainly saying to yourself “How do I enter to win such an awesome freebie?” Well, to enter, all you have to do is leave a comment on this post letting us know your iTunes library total play time (zero is a valid answer, if you don’t use iTunes).
You’ll need to comment before 2:59 PM PST Thursday, November 20th 2008. You can enter once with an original comment below, but here’s the kicker - you’ve got two additional ways to enter! You can enter again if you blog about the contest and link back to us - or Tweet about the contest and include @powermax_news. Just include links to your entries in your comment below. After the contest closes we’ll pick a winner at random, post a congrats and ship this prize to the lucky person. Give us a couple days to ship out this massive pile of swag. To win you must be at least 18 years of age and a resident of the US. For full eligibility details, we suggest you read our official rules. Good luck!
EDIT: The posting date of 2005 is an issue with our Wordpress install. Sorry for any confusion, this contest is very much for November 20, 2008.
UPDATE: Congrats to Pastor Dale - our LaCie Giveaway winner! Thanks to everyone for entering.
November 20th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
I’d love a 500 GB drive!
November 20th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
I could really use a hard drive.
November 20th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Looks great! Super Secret Twitter Giveaways rock!
November 20th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
8.3 days on mine. I CAN HAZ DRIVEZ??
November 20th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
26.4 days, or 26:11:51:34.
November 20th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
I know I could use a drive like this!
http://twitter.com/_myke/status/1015218487
November 20th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
iTunes total play time: 6.5 Days
Twitter - http://twitter.com/iryan/status/1015220507
November 20th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
I, too, would like a free drive.
November 20th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
my classic 160 tells me that it’s got 64.8 used, 84.0 free (some of that’s 3358 photos and 18 podcasts) and since it’s along, the external drive my iTunes library is on stayed at home for my cycle in to work this morning, limiting the cargo load to about 30lbs
it’s 14651 songs, but am unable to access the weeks, days, hours, minutes, seconds count shown at the bottom of iTunes currently - retweeting now!
November 20th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
On this particular machine it’s only 9.8 days, but my other two are at a month and a couple days and I think like 1 month 16 days and some.
Nice contest!
November 20th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
0 on this machine.
November 20th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
don’t use iTunes, so I guess my answer would be zip zero.
November 20th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Yes please!
November 20th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
00:00:50:03:20:44 or maybe that was my MAC address…
November 20th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Oh wait, iTunes total play time? 30:20:02:05. 54.81GB.
November 20th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Ooh, just in time — my last external HDD just went to disk heaven.
Total library play time: 0:00. (Not an iTunes user.)
November 20th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Gah, forgot to read contest rules carefully. 10.2 days. FYI, the date on this post is in 2005…
November 20th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
On this machine only 23.4 hours … dang, wouldn’t even make it a full day! At home, more like 21 days (and that’s only half, rest hasn’t been ripped yet!).
November 20th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
ReTweeted!
https://twitter.com/verso/status/1015228803
Thanks for the Twitter Contest.
My iPod (I don’t have the iTunes library it syncs to on me) has 7403 songs on it. Does that count?
November 20th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
17.3 days
November 20th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
@Mike Rose - that’s what makes the contest a secret…
November 20th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Wow! It’s a new find!
November 20th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
My video files are drooling for the HD
November 20th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
4.3 days can I play my iTunes without repeating a song.
November 20th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
I LOVE lacie Drives! Best drives around. On this computer I have 2:16:09:17 worth of music.. so…when should I pick the drive up?
November 20th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
ooh this is very exciting!
November 20th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Awesome contest! I don’t use itunes so my answer is 0:00
November 20th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
1) Just rebuilt my itunes library and starting from scratch on my new macbook - 8.9 hours!
2) http://twitter.com/hpierpont - I got my plug out there!
3) http://hollyp.wordpress.com/2008/11/20/powermax-giveaway/
Thanks guys!
November 20th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
@Banana Lee Fishbones - We’ll take the song count.
November 20th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
59.7 minutes total itunes play time.
November 20th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
@Holly Pierpont - Your entries are so well organized!
November 20th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
My total Itunes time is (calculated) 24 days, 6 hours, and 3 min give or take.
November 20th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Tweet - http://twitter.com/spiritualtramp/statuses/1015255136
Blogpost - http://www.spiritualtramp.com/2008/11/win_a_lacie_external_hard_driv.html
iTunes time on this machine is zero, but on my home machine it’s around 4 days.
November 20th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Total of Music, Movies, TV Shows and Ringtones: 34 days, 14 hours, 19 minutes, 53 seconds.
Tweeted: https://twitter.com/evq/statuses/1015252768
November 20th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
iTunes library total play time is 0.
November 20th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
9 days, 2 hours, 49 minutes and 42 seconds.
November 20th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Shoot, forgot my play time. That would be 11.5 days. As for the twitter link: http://twitter.com/RMurphy/statuses/1015221580
November 20th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
No iTunes for me, so zero.
Tweeted it, but don’t know how to link to a tweet, but it’s the only one in my favorites on my Twitter page.
November 20th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Figured out the Twitter link. See my tweet here.
November 20th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
1.7 Days is all I have in my iTunes. However, that’s because I’m on my travel laptop, I’m sure my desktop has much more…
Thanks for the chance to win…
November 20th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
My library’s current play time is 14.2 days of music, 4.5 days of TV shows, 11.7 days of podcasts, and 6 days of audiobooks.
HOWEVER… I don’t know the total, because I have never had enough free space to put all my media in one place! So it’s scattered between computers, with some older stuff I don’t usually listen to or watch much any more even archived on DVD to free up hard drive space.
Hint, hint?
http://twitter.com/wajiii/status/1015294021
November 20th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
12.2 days, woohoo!
November 20th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Very cool idea and drive. I could really use a 500GB drive for backups. PICK ME!!
November 20th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
My iTunes library is 5 days, 3 hours, 37 minutes and 13 seconds.
And my Twitter message: http://twitter.com/peterwooley/statuses/1015315015
November 20th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
61 hours playtime
http://twitter.com/AUProgrammer
November 20th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
this is an excellent marketing strategy. not only will i win a drive, i will implement the same later. good work!
November 20th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
oh, and total play time is: 205 days 232.5GB
http://www.twitter.com/geofbowie
November 20th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
http://www.picturestoryblog.com/2008/11/think-fixed-tech-marketing-strategies-that-work.html
https://twitter.com/geofbowie
November 20th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
My play time is 20:13:21:17
November 20th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Zero.
November 20th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
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November 20th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
No iTunes right now, so its zero. Need the space for photographic content
November 20th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
actual tweet: https://twitter.com/geofbowie/status/1015348648
November 20th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
25.2 days of music, and I don’t even have all of the stuff in my iTunes still…
November 20th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
20.4 days. Yeah. Won’t all fit on my 30GB iPod, so I have to juggle playlists.
http://twitter.com/crossfeednews/status/1015405925
(To get the Twitter link, right-click the “x minutes ago” link below your post on your page, and copy link.)
November 20th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Oh, hey, the iTunes play time requirement wasn’t there before, I don’t think. Anyhoo, it’s 19 days, 8 hours.
November 20th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
39:03:03:08, 13711 items.
November 20th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Don’t use iTunes, so 0.
November 20th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
My total iTunes library playtime is 2.8 days across 4.29GB.
November 20th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
2.8 days on this ancient laptop…Geof that’s sick man. I at least actually listen to my music…
http://www.picturestoryblog.com
November 20th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Well I can’t win since I’m not in the U.S. but the question looks like fun. So I had to add my two cents
I have 6.2 days of music. Although it would be a lot more if I actually put the whole albums I own, instead of select songs.
November 20th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
12.3 Days
November 20th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
20 days, 15 hours
November 20th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
iTunes playtime: 13.1 days (21.82 GB), on a 75GB internal PowerBook drive. Sigh.
November 20th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
13 days worth, currently on the iMac.
November 20th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
Clever promotion, I’m in.
November 20th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Zero! OK, not zero, but I’m not at my home computer and I have no idea. I think it’s around 12 days worth at least, though.
November 20th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
I could sure use this. My poor 250GB is ready to burst!
November 20th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Oh, and I have 51 days of music, but I’m hooked on video!!!
November 20th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
3642 items, 42.9 days, 15.67 GB. Yeah, I could use one of these…!
November 20th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
itunes 14.4 days
November 20th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
LOL, almost forgot: here’s the tweet where I actually linked back to @powermax_news: http://twitter.com/wajiii/status/1015541324
November 20th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
woo count me in! My old external died so no current time machine backups the last 3 months.
Also hi to many familiar twitter peeps
iTunes playtime: 15 days
Twitter post: http://twitter.com/chrisorourke/status/1015549278
November 20th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Annnnnnnd, scene. Comments are now closed and we’ll be accepting no more entries.
Thanks to everyone who participated, we’ll get the winner picked and ship this puppy ASAP.
Thanks again!!!