Once again MomCentral has made a product available for reviewers to check out and tell the universe what they think. Even though my laptop is only a year and a half old, I jumped on the opportunity to be a part of the Norton PC Tune-up blog tour because hey, we all want our computers to run even better, right? At least, I don't think it's just a geeky thing that only I get excited about....
Today we had absolutely nothing going on around the house (except for some serious Laser Tag between my son and husband) so I grabbed the phone and called the toll-free number. I was immediately connected with Peter who was obviously Canadian and every single time he said "aboot" instead of "about" I giggled with glee. The info included with the promo code said the service takes about 30 minutes. Whether it was due to my slow internet connection or El Nino or the fact that Venus is in retrograde, the whole conversation, start to finish, took just right under 55 minutes. Not that it bothered me (Frankly, I was enjoying everything aboot it) but I'm just saying it did take a bit longer than I anticipated.
He took remote control of my computer, but didn't warn me before he did it. I knew he was going to because I had read a few other blog tour particpant reviews, so I was expecting it, but to someone completely clueless that might a little disconcerting. While he was zooming my cursor all over the place he proceded to show me the inner workings of my blessed laptop. I have geeky aspirations, so any time I get to see someone tweak around on a computer I nearly get light-headed. (My dad and brother run and hide when they see me coming because they know I'm going to ask them if I can sit at their knee and watch them work.) Peter the Canadian showed me the unnecessary files that were bogging down my computer, showed me how to create a new recovery point, suggested I add some RAM sometime soon, explained why he was doing everything and making sure I was okay with it before he did it. He was just generally professional, humorous and courteous. I think the $69.99 price is a little steep for the service, even though I think it truly is a neat service. However, he explained everything he did so well I can now do it on my own as I need to in the future. That's worth a lot, but I'm not sure it's worth $70.
That all being said, because MomCentral is so gracious and giving right here at the holidays, three of you are going to get to try out the Norton PC Tune-up service FOR FREE! Free is always a good thing, right?
All you have to do to enter is leave a comment here, telling me what kind of computer you have. Easy as pie, right? (Actually, I find making pies time-consuming and messy, but that's just me...)
If you shout me out on your blog, linking to the link here on my review site, I'll give you another entry - just leave the link in the comments so I can check it out. (Jesus knows if you're lying and so will I.)
The contest is open until Wednesday, December 3rd at 7ish PM.
8 comments:
I've got a Dell desktop and a Dell laptop. Any help in getting these bad boys in shape would be appreciated.
...and I blogged about it, too!
No blog to link you to, but I have two Gateway Laptops and a Gateway desktop
I have the same laptop as you and a HP desktop
Dell desktop for me and the teenagers to share.
Toshiba laptop for hubby....and he has a Dell laptop for work.
And someone's always waiting for a turn on a computer ( 3 teens @ home ).
Cool prize!
Love it.
I have a Dell desktop and a dial-up connection. Can you use this service if you have dial-up? Any help speeding mine up a bit would be greatly appreciated.
I have a pink laptop. NO I do not know what brand, it's pink, it's shiney and really....are you suprised mine is pink? KD must come play on it!
OK - so who won??????
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