We are kicking off a week of giveaways with all sorts of fantastic items for kids of all ages. You will have tons of chances to win some great products starting with a Dell Inspirion 14R laptop! Whoo hoo!
I got to test drive this laptop last week at Blogher. I received a sample for review and decided to to take it on my trip. The first thing that I noticed about the laptop is the dynamic colors. There are four colors to choose from and I received the red laptop and it really does look so much jazzier than my current laptop.
The computer has a retail value of $480 and it measures about 15″. My current laptop is 17″ so this was a bit of a change for me. I thought a smaller keyboard would bother me and I hardly noticed the change at all. It was so much easier to take along than my big laptop. What I really liked was the ease of the keyboard. My current laptop requires me to basically thump away at the keys and the Dell was super quiet and easy to use. One thing I did have to get used to was the mouse which I found to be a little more sensitive. You can also get the Inspiron in 14 inches or 17 inches and the 14″ will be the one for giveaway.
The computer is loaded with Windows 7 which also took some getting used too but it is incredibly fast. I was especially thrilled with the super long battery life- which is over 5 hours.
Some models also have up to 640GB hard disk drives- so you can store tons of pictures, videos and music and there is a built in webcam. I think this would be a perfect laptop for a high school or college student and it held up well to a lot of abuse from yours truly.
Dell has graciously offered an Inspiron laptop for one lucky MFA reader! You have three chances to win-please be sure to leave a separate comment for each entry. Any comments left via Twitter, email or Facebook will not be counted.
REQUIRED:
1. Head on over to Dell and let me know which color you would select if you won the Inspiron.
BONUS ENTRIES:
2. Subscribe to my email newsletter or via RSS Feed (or let me know you do!) -look for the bright orange box on my right sidebar to subscribe OR become a fan of MFA on Facebook.
3. Like Dell on Facebook (or let me know you do!)
GOOD LUCK!! I can’t wait to find out who has won. Now once you enter my giveaway you get ELEVEN more chances to win! Just head over to visit the other bloggers in the Back2School Giveaway Bonanza:
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- Angry Julie Monday
- Deal Seeking Mom
- Fashion Cents For Mom
- For the Mommas
- Hoosier Homemade
- Once A Month Mom
- She Saved
- iGoBOGO
- Living Rich With Coupons
- Penny Pinchin Mom
- Kingdom First Mom
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I will randomly select a winner on August 13th at 10am PST.
Disclosure: I received a laptop for review only which will be returned to Dell. All opinions expressed are my own- please see our Facebook page for the official terms of the giveaway.

I would pick Mars Black–classic and cool.
I LOVE the red one!
I like the purple color the best
I subscribe and I love the red color best
I subscribe to your blog by e-mail
I would love the cherry red laptop!
I subscribe to your feed through google reader!
I like dell on FB!
I subscribe to the blog
i like tomato red
I like the yellow
i like dell on fb
I would be happy with any color, but I just love the pink one!
The peacock blue is my favorite.
Wow, this would be so helpful to win! We could use a new laptop so badly, ours is so s l o w. Thanks! Oh, and we love the Lotus Pink color! 🙂
i “like” My frugal adventures on facebook.
I subscribe to your RSS and am a Facebook fan (Amber H)
I’m a Dell fan on FB (Amber H)
i love the red one 😀
I like pink or blue.
I follow Dell on facebook.
I follow you on facebook.
i choose purple!!!!!!!
im a fan on facebook!!!!!!!
I like the blue one.
My son would love the peacock blue and I love how bright it is!
i like dell on facebook
i would pick the blue one 🙂
I follow you on facebook!
I follow by e-mail.
I like Dell on facebook!
I would select Peacock Blue
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I like Dell on Facebook.
I would pick promise pink.
I would like the peacock blue laptop
I subscribe to your newsletter as well
I would love the peacock blue laptop
I am a fan of MFA on Facebook
I am a fan of Dell on Facebook
Pink for my daughter, Meghan!
Dell fan on FB.
I like the red one!
I would like the red laptop.
I also subscribe to your newsletter 🙂
I do like dell on facebook. I have 2 XPS desktops at home and love them!
I think I would go with Blue or Red. I would love love love pink but adore my husband far to much to make him use a pink laptop and I know we would share as we share everything!
I follow your blog in RSS mode!
I also “like” Dell on Facebook.