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WIN WIN WIN

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Guess what?? Remember that little laptop giveaway we had going a few months ago? Well… As you know it was pretty awesome and apparently you and I aren’t the only ones that think so. Some pretty cool people at the Internet Advertising Competition thought it was cool too because they awarded us with the Best Computer: Software Social Media Campaign for 2010. Isn’t that amazing?? You can see details about results and stuff here. AND, look at the press release HERE.

This contest would not have been nearly as amazing if we didn’t have awesome fans like you, so thank you thank you thank you!

More good news! We are in final preparations to run ANOTHER contest. The prize for this one will be the FAMOUS laptop from last year’s giveaway. You remember it; it was the one that was in all of those hilarious and great looking pictures we posted every day(Hint: The one in the picture over there →). The chance to win it will be yours, so get your fingers warmed up and your Facebook®/Twitter® accounts ready to go. We will have a run date soon so be prepared!

A Nibble…

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Some of you have heard that we are giving away a couple NEW Lenovo ThinkPad Edges. Well you heard right and the contest is running next month! Below is a small nibble, to last you the weekend, of what will be going on:

The laptop giveaway will be a raffle of sorts. First, you enter the raffle by liking us on Facebook  AND following us on Twitter (Get step one out of the way NOW by clicking the appropriate links in the sidebar –>) When the contest begins (Oct. 18th) you

get entries or “tickets” in the raffle by mentioning the below words on Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, Forums, etc.

  • Laplink
  • PCmover
  • PCsync
  • DiskImage
  • SafeErase
  • Laplink Defrag
  • Laplink Everywhere

We will be using this really cool tool from a company called Radian6 to monitor those keywords on the world wide web!!!

Other qualified “tickets” include:

  • Tweeting us using @laplink
  • Retweeting one of our tweets
  • Commenting on blogs using those words

The more you communicate with or about us the better chance you have to WIN! Contestants will then be…

Sorry, that’s all for now, STAY TUNED!!!

P.S. – You better hurry, the boss just took one home to play with and I don’t know if he’ll bring it back!

What’s Taking So Long?

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Is this you?

You have been an avid PC user for years, but decided it was time to see what all the Mac hype is about. After the purchase you got it all set up, turned it on, and instantly felt lost. You looked at your PC wondering, “How can I ever use my Mac? Everything I need is on my PC…” So you turned the Mac of, and went back to work on your PC.

My guess is that with many PC to Mac “converts” it takes a significant amount of time to make the jump because who has the time to manually transfer all of your data over? And we all know how lame it is when you buy something and it takes a long time before you can really enjoy it.

Well PC to Mac converts, worry no more. We just released Laplink Switch & Sync™ “The Easiest Way to Switch & Sync from PC to Mac!”

With Laplink Switch & Sync, moving from PC to Mac is simple. Just install the software on both machines, connect them, follow the easy-to-use wizard and all of your files, folders, contacts, emails and calendars will be automatically converted and moved from your PC to your Mac. Yes, I said it, even emails, contacts and calendars! Switch & Sync works with Windows Mail, Outlook 200 and later and Outlook Express 6 and later to convert all of your data over to a Mac email platform such as Apple Mail and Entourage. This is a feature you can’t find elsewhere!

I know what you are thinking, “But I still want to keep my PC and use them both.” I am two steps ahead of you. Switch & Sync not only helps you MOVE from PC to Mac, it will also sync the computers together so you can use them in tandem.

Switch & Sync offers a number of synchronization options, so both of your computers stay up-to-date. Use the automated file sync feature to automatically synchronize your files and folders daily, weekly or monthly between the two computers. Or, use Laplink’s classic dual-pane window to drag and drop files from one computer to the other. Our sync processes use SpeedSync®, Laplink patented technology, and SmartXchange Synchronization.

SpeedSync dramatically reduces the transfer times of modified data. It does this by only syncing the changed portions of files, which allows for fast synchronizations. SmartXChange will recognize when files have been deleted, renamed or replaced with streamlines the entire process.

Now that you know Switch & Sync is out there, dust off that unused Mac, hook it up to your PC and get going!

Learn more about the software and how to buy HERE!

Hard Drive Hero

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Laplink has solved another major problem that technology advancements have created, it goes by the name of PCmover Image Assistant, and we just released it. To date disk imaging software has fallen short. As technology has advanced, more operating systems (Including Windows 7) have arrived. When Windows 7 was released and integrated into nearly every new PC on the market, everyone’s old disk images were rendered useless. This is because if you use imaging software to restore say an XP image to a Windows 7 PC, the software will overwrite your new OS with the old one making your purchase a complete waste of money (Who wants to explain that to their spouse?…). Not to mention, you have now lost all of your programs, files and settings on the new PC. PCmover Image Assistant solves this dilemma and will calm the worries of many PC users.

The software has two key abilities that cannot be found elsewhere. First is what we call Operating System Independent Restore (say what?). Second, it will rescue your hard drive from a non-working PC. Let’s talk about the Operating System Independent Restore first shall we as it sounds the most confusing (but I assure you that it’s not)?

All computer users need an image or complete backup of their computer. PCs get stolen, lit on fire and get run over every day and yours could be next. Creating an image protects you against these unforeseen data loss scenarios. However if you try to restore an XP image to a Windows 7 PC, your new OS will be overwritten by the old one. Using PCmover Image Assistant you can restore XP images to a new Windows 7 PC without overwriting it. All you do is mount your XP image to your new Windows 7 PC and use PCmover Image Assistant to suck out and restore the programs, files and settings you want. Not quite as confusing as you first thought eh? There is one caveat though; the programs you wish to restore must be compatible with Windows 7. If you happen to be running Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate or Enterprise you’re in luck, you have XP mode. That way you can still run programs that aren’t compatible on your new PC. Sorry Home Premium users, that feature is not available to you, so take extra care in checking for Windows 7 compatibility.

PCmover Image Assistant will also rescue a hard drive from a non-working PC. We are human, by nature we can’t predict the future, and PCs ultimately decide when they want to turn against us. We also never know when a catastrophe will strike. Thanks to the advancements in hard drive technology, when a PC crashes the hard drive is usually still readable. Even if the OS has been corrupted and will no longer boot, PCmover Image Assistant can access its programs, files and settings and restore them. All you have to do is attach the hard drive to your PC and Image Assistant will do the rest. Just make sure to keep your drives away from large animals, they have a tendency to step on things.

These two abilities qualify PCmover Image Assistant as the ultimate PC recovery tool aka Hard Drive Hero. No longer are your past, present and future disk images rendered useless and your hard drives will live forever. And it’s really something you can’t afford to miss out on, unless that is,  you want to lose all of your data.

Sounds pretty cool huh? We think so too. Leave a comment and tell us what you think about it and we will email you a coupon code good for 25% off Image Assistant.  (Must add a valid email address to the comment. Offer Expires 6/9/10)