Several weeks ago, I compared the Lenovo ThinkPad E560 vs HP ProBook 450 G3 where both laptops came out pretty evenly well, with a few pros and cons depending on your preferences.
I’ve decided (with Lenovo’s blessing) that the Lenovo ThinkPad E560 should be given away as a prize to an Australian or New Zealand resident!
Sorry to other countries, but I’m personally paying for shipping on this and don’t know how much postage would cost to all corners of the globe, plus the power pack has the Australian/New Zealand connector on it :)
The laptop you might win!
I’ve personally reset the PC and put it back in it’s box, ready to be shipped at the end of the month.
Here’s the specs on this particular laptop (taken from Lenovo AU’s E560 site and only relevant specs left in):
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How do you win this laptop? Do one or more of the below actions to enter! (a like on my Facebook page would be nice, but isn’t mandatory. It’s a feed of the posts I publish here)
Win a Lenovo ThinkPad E560 Laptop!
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That’s very nice of Lenovo to let you give away something cool! Should boost your followers a bit ;)
Interesting to see that vendors are still putting in DVD drives!
Great competition! Hoping I win so Mrs S can have a shiny new laptop!
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This will make a nice upgrade to my dad’s current Lenovo laptop.
Awesome. The better half is due for a laptop upgrade. #fingerscrossed.
Nice give away! Fingers crossed you have more entries than you know what to do with. :D
Most excellent of you to make this offer.
Tell you what, if I were to win, I’ll pick up the shipping…
Awesome competition. Thanks for the chance.
I too would love to win a laptop. C’mon gods of PRNG, smile upon me…
Thanks!
Would love this laptop!
what a nice and lovely person you are
Read the article on your Facebook page – well done
Nice!
My wife could definitely do with a new laptop!
Looks decent!
This is awesome! Look forward to rocking up to lectures with a shiny Lenovo! :)
This would fit very nicely in with the home office as a video/audio production machine :)
I only buy Lenovo hardware very nice laptop this looks great .. would sit extremely well in the home office.
Nice, a competition that limits other people, not us..
Good spec machine, I like the Lenovo brand
Looks a great device. But given it’s a ThinkPad that is hardly a surprise. Thanks for putting it up for the giveaway.
This would be a perfect gift for my wife since her old laptop just broke
Yaas! My old Lenovo T42 is not playing nice with new Windows 10 Preview builds, so a replacement would be quite excellent!
Looking for a windows machine to replace my macbook!
Always wanted to try out a Lenovo device. :)
Great competition mate. You surprise me sometimes. This laptop would be perfect for either of my daughters for school. I will pick up the tab on the shipping costs too mate.
Wow Adam, extremely generous. This would be an amazing upgrade for my wife and mean she doesn’t have to disappear into the office.
Have a Lenovo X1 Carbon Touch, and wouldn’t mind another Lenovo here to sit around on! :-)
Awesome! Much nicer than the clunker I’ve been lugging around the past fortnight.
Got to be in it to win it..
I’ve been wanting an upgrade from my 8 year old HP which is on its last legs, Lenovo is a great and reliable brand!
After my Lenovo 2 in 1 laptop’s motherboard fried after 2 months of ownership, I can never look at one the same ever again, make me change my mind.
That would be covered under warranty…
Great competition!
This would make a great upgrade from my old ACER Travelmate – found the receipt on the weekend, bought it in 2008 and it was top of the line with 1gb memory, 1gb hdd, now the poor old things struggles with practically everything except basic emails. Winning would mean a nice alternative to having to choose a new budget laptop! How did you get them to agree to give one away :) Thanks for the opportunity to enter!
I’ve reviewed lots of their laptops and they’re nice! :)
Would love to win as my old laptop no longer works!
This would be a great present for my mom. She’s been looking to buy a new laptop and I’d love to surprise her with this
good luck all!
You’re very generous!
After three Lenovo laptops now I admit I’m somewhat of a convert. My latest is just two months old now but even the oldest gets daily usage. Lenovo are not perfect – the latest came missing the tiny piece of plastic that holds the SIM card – but I’ve not regretted purchasing any of them, especially at the prices paid. Thanks for the opportunity to win and because I don’t need another right at this time I have a very special, deserving person in mind for a great Christmas present!
pick me!
Not bad!
Love your work
Love to win a Lenovo!
I’d love to win this thing to be honest :)
I would love to win this. 😀
hi :)
Hey, Big fan of Lenovo, my e350 is still going strong, expect for the huge Gash down the screen. Can’t afford to get a new laptop anytime soon but this would be awesome! Thanks for the comp !
Never knew ThinkPad’s still around haha. Cheers for chance to win! :)
Hi! :)
Nice
hi
actually seems like an awesome laptop!
This seems like an awesome laptop!
I will win .. (I feel so lucky)! -1
Ey mon
Really need a new laptop. Thanks for the comp.
Pretty cool computer. I could be interested in a computer like this.
Been looking at lenovo strongly for my next laptop. Cant be much worse than my current macbook. $3.5k poorly spent there.
Thanks Adam, and thanks Lenovo!
Hay goodluck everyone, I haven’t any experience with the brand Lenovo but have seen some products at Harvey Norman 👍🏼
ty it looks good and ty for being able to view your site
I just know this would be great laptop and suit my needs perfectly
Thank you very much for the chance, my computer is so slow and ancient, this would be a dream come true :)
I’d love to win this Lenovo. 😀
My laptop is on its last legs, would love to win this one :)
Haven’t got a Windows laptop, so this Lenovo would complement my Chromebook
Perfect timing as my existing laptop is struggling and I’ve just started shopping for a replacement
Hi! I liked your original article comparing the two laptops. Very straight forward and unbiased.
I would love to own my first laptop 😀
I’ve always liked Lenovo but haven’t been able to afford one.
Want this!
great site and great comp
So I’m laying here in bed on my day off. It’s 8:53am and my little (almost 3 year old) daughter is next to me watching the Galantis ‘Peanut Butter Jelly’ film clip for the 9th time this morning.
Funny how repetition can bring joy to a child, but temporary insanity to an adult.
Anyway…
I don’t know how I stumbled across your page. Fate? Universal alignment? Rainmain like powers brought on by the Peanut Butter Jelly induced temporary insanity??? Nonetheless, I’m here and I now have new IT advice/info feeds on FB and learnt a little bit about the Lenovo E560. Not a bad start to the day.
Although, if I hear that ‘Peanut Butter Jelly’ song one more time… :-P
Thanks Adam
With the kids getting older and doing more homework, it’s time to invest (or hopefully win) a laptop to help them with their studies. I’d love to use it too to plan family holidays (or at least google images and dream a bit).
Hi, Adam, great prize, thanks so much for making it available to some worthy individual. I hope the lucky winner is excited as much as I am at the simple prospect of winning it!
Would love this laptop
Good luck to me!
Would be great to win this!
I read through the impressive specs and, for a split second, I thought the warranty expired in 2029! Haa…off to have some coffee. The Lenovo ThinkPad E560 definitely ticks all the boxes for me. Thanks, Adam.
Good luck all
Pretty nice little work laptop!
If I win, I’ll probably replace the HDD with SSD
I start university next year and currently don’t have any mobile device/laptop to use for notes or assignments! I would love to win this laptop so I can study successfully with a wonderful device!
This will be perfect for my son who needs one for a BYOD scheme at high school next year. Thanks for the write up.
This would be an awesome gift right now as my old pc is on it’s last legs and money is tight!
Hi! I’d love to win as my HP laptop is doomed! Replaced the screen due to my son headbutting it, and now the keypboard’s gone, so I’m using an external one. Kind of defeats the purpose of having a ‘lap’top! Cheers!
I used to have a Lenovo and loved it, until the point I lost it in a housefire. Doomed, too!
great comp
I wish I can have a machine like this!!
Pick me Pick me! 🙋
(And thanks for doing the review on the laptops)
My partner’s four year old Macbook pro is on its last legs and I’d love to get him to make the switch back to PC!
Had a Lenovo – the build quality is quite good and their prices seem to be reasonable, especially for the business models.
Nice one Adam, great idea!
Cheers for the comp :)
Hi :)
Free entry just by commenting :D
What a fabulous prize to win, fingers and toes crossed
Nice laptop. Too bad the screen is so 2012.
Great laptop!
My 5 year old ThinkPad is ailing. Would love a replacement!
Hi
Awesome comp! This Lenovo would be perfect for my studies and with it’s impressive specs could even think about running some games on it. The Graphite Black is so cool too omg. xD
This will be a great laptop for uni and the occasional hearthstone when I get bored in a lecture. :P
Nice!
So Cool you’re giving this away!
Great competition and good luck all !!!
Thanks for running this comp!
May the luckiest one win!
Nice prize! Would love to pass this on to my young son. His last pass down (A Dell XPS 13 (L401X)) has blown speakers AND Windows 10 keeps updating the graphics drivers constantly even though I’ve tried every trick in the book (correction: on Google) to stop it doing so. Meaning the ONLY driver that actually works with Steam on his XPS/Windows 10/Optimus/420M graphics combination (345.20) keeps getting wiped rendering his carefully monitored weekend play time as useless. Thanks a lot Anniversary Update!
Seriously though he’s due for a new one for school and play but I’m counting pennies at the moment so it’s not on the cards yet. This would make a great pre-Christmas present.
Apart from that good luck to everyone else also and thanks for the comp.
Good Competition and good brand
Hi, I would love to win this beautiful Laptop because my current Laptop is so slow to do anything – going on Word, the Internet, Music, games, anything.I seriously need an upgrade.
Hey Adam, that’s a generous competition for a high-quality laptop. Good luck to everyone who entered
wow, super giveaway, thank you, for this opportunity. I am president secretary of the over 55s community village where I live, and a laptop will make things so much easier to take notes at meetings,
With a bit of luck I will not have to hear “XP is not doing what I want it to do. Can you fix it ?.”
Fingers crossed!
All the best!
My Macbook has recently stopped working and have always wanted to try Lenovo out :)
Lenovo have a great reputation and I would love to try this Thinkpad, my old laptop is ready for the retirement home!
Looks like an awesome laptop, thanks for the possible opportunity to win :)
Good one – thanks!
My old laptop works not very well. I hope I could win this great laptop.
Thanks for the chance!!!
Neat
Awesome!
hey adam
Great give away!
Wow, this would be handy
ThinkPad? That’s what I’m thinking! Thanks for the opportunity, Adam.
Wow, i hope to win this , i was going to buy it.
aweome prize!!
Amazing prize!
So does it come with a bag? Heh heh heh. Just kidding.
Great to see the Lenovo E560 has 3 USB 3.0 ports. Future proofing is very important, especially on laptops.
So Cool you’re giving this away!
Have never owned a laptop, this would be so good for me, helpful useful and transportable.
wow. so cool
G’day Adam, have a great day.
This would be perfect for my daughter for school, her last tablet is now old, slow and cracked and she has been asking for one of these for the last year, she would be so excited :)
MY NAME IS ADAM
Thanks for the review, I found it very interesting. I would love to win because I’m currently borrowing my sons laptop until I can afford one myself.
Thanks for the chance
a lenovo laptop . cool
massive props for the giveaway. cheers
Wonder prize to win, sure could do with it
awesome prize. this computer woud really hlp me with posting on my facebook blog two peas in a pod. I need something reliable for the work I do with helping promote authors
Would love to win this
wow, wow, WOW
Thanks for the great giveaway
I would love to win because I desperately need a new laptop, my old one has just suddenly stopped working.
Would love to win , thanks for the chance
Thanks for offering this prize up mate!
I need this make life so much easier with work and kids with school
Good on ya Steve!
I seriously need a new laptop… and the worst part is i don’t have twitter!!!
sweet
ADAM FOWLER CHOICE IS MY CHOICE. Fingers crossed for a much needed laptop. Thanks !
Will be awesome to win a Laptop for my partner’s birthday and our 7 year anniversary.
This laptop sounds amazing and will be great for me. I can’t wait to write blogs and watch movies on it.
HOPE I WOULD WIN
Our oldest has started high school this year and constantly trying to nick my laptop. This would be a great one for her to get started in her own computer world.
Very thoughtful. Would be wonderful to win. Whoever does is fortunate!!
Awesome!
Excellent prize!
That’s nice of you! I’d love to win as i have a little dinosaur of a laptop.
Hi, Great prize. Gone back to uni at age 39, so would be stoked if I won, be perfect for uni. Cheers.
Hi! Thank you for the opportunity :)
Looks good. Thanks for the review and putting it up for grabs.
Super nice! Thanks for the chance to win it :)
This would be a good laptop to win. I could use it to replace my aging Toshiba Satellite L750.
thanks for the competition
I’m currently using my partner’s old work laptop, it’s old, glitchy, unreliable. The worst part is, I can’t remove the old anti-virus program no matter what I do! I’ve been saving hard for a new laptop, but I’m always going two steps back due to bills coming out left right & centre. >_<
Very Generous!
My man!
so excited for this x tysm
It would be nice to have my own laptop rather than sharing one.
Great competition – love to win this for myself then my kids can have my old laptop to play games on – no more fighting ;)
Amazing Givaway !
Thanks haha good luck everyone
Thanks for Comp! Good luck everyone!
My lap top died
I cried
My phone is fine to use
But screen too small so interest i lose
Adam, you are a dead set legend. Thanks for giving this away.
The storage should be a SSD card today. You can allays add slow USB drives to backup something later.
Fingers crossed :) my laptop is about 7 years old and about 4cm thick haha
Thanks for the competition! My laptop is on it’s way to the grave… would be so good to win! :D
Thank you so much for the opportunity to win this great laptop. It is well needed in our household!
Thank you for running this competition out of your own expense.
A wonderful chance to win a great Lenovo laptop – thsnks
Good luck to all :)
Great post.
Would love this!!
Great prize, thanks for the opportunity..
What a very nice unit
Nice laptop, perfect upgrade for my aging generic no frills iCom.
Thanks for the chance to win :)
Would love to have this as my current laptop is literally falling apart piece by piece.
Good luck to everyone! :)
Yes please! :D
Good Review Adam. The pointing stick has been included on Lenovos for a long time, but I wonder how many people actually use it?
Great review!
id love it so I can do uni work in confidence that the keys are going to register and not loose days worth of work (Even when saving!)
I’d like to win!
Please let me win once in my life time :)
Looks like a great laptop. Hubby is in dire need of an upgrade so fingers crossed!
Great prize – thanks
Great comp! thanks :)
This would be great! :-)
Thanks these are great laptops. Very generous of you to give away!
Hi Adam – Appreciate the review, as usual. Cheers!
It’s a beautiful day to win a new Lenovo ThinkPad!
Very cool, and very generous!
Hi… awesome thing you are doing for your readers. If I win, you’re going to become a regular post I check whenever I log online. Signing out. The Panda.
Hi There! This would be a great prize!
It’s safe to say I’d put this incredibly generous gesture to good use 😃
My ancient HP is about to cark it. Every day I plead for it to last a little longer. A Lenovo would be like heaven.
Our poor old laptop is very slow and very old and this would be perfect for the whole family
wow what a generous thing to do I’m still on vista so i have no more updates I’d love an upgrade.
A laptop to call my own….Yes please!!
What a fabulous prize, would be great to finally upgrade. Good luck everyone and thanks for the chance :)
This nifty laptop will certainly come in handy.
Would love to upgrade my current ThinkPad. She’s served me well, but my E531 is getting a bit long in the tooth and the battery doesn’t last as long as it used to.
Would make a very nice replacement for my T510 :)
The Lenovo looks amazing. It has all the right bells and whistles I need.
Looks top notch! I’m not having much luck with laptops right now. The one I am on now is covered in sellotape as the screen hinge is broken. My replacement laptop is always 100% CPU and so slow / blue screened about 4 times and only had it 2 weeks. Utter rubbish!
Functional and compact,
I’d be happy with that.
Great for the commute,
Meaning my part time studying will go beaut.
Thanks for the blog.. and the competition! I have been looking at upgrading my poor old Lenovo so I learnt a few things too! its looks like a great laptop.
Studying two diplomas,
Website development and graphic design,
my current computer can’t handle it.
This is compact,
and easy to pack.
for all my course needs.
Got my fingers crossed, my dinosaur of a laptop is close to packing it in =(
I would love to try this out thanks for the opportunity
A bit of a coincidence but was just googling Lenovo today to find the best price for a think pad because my son needs one for grade 4. This prize would be a godsend.
Many thanks for the chance…my daughter has her fingers crossed really tightly for this Lenovo ThinkPad for her senior years ahead next year :) Best of luck everyone
This is a very generous giveaway. Can’t say I deserve it any more than the next person but it sure would be nice :)
The laptop looks fantastic and would be a great upgrade to my current laptop I spilt water on!
thanks for the opportunity (Y)
A 5400 RPM drive? I didn’t think they made them anymore 😀
Hi
Looks all pretty good with the exception of the drive – I’d imagine I’d swap that out with an SSD pretty quickly. I’ve started revisiting the idea of switching back to windows after the pricing on MBPs made my eyes bleed!
My laptop is so old, it has windows xp on it still, so outdated!! definitely time for a upgrade haha :)
Nice. I love that you are doing this.
No dongles required! That is, has an ethernet port, VGA, HDMI and USB-A with a modern CPU.
This would be great for photography work and I dont have a computer anymore :(
Thanks for the chance :) a friend has one of these and he loves it. My son needs a laptop for yr 8 and the specs are perfect! fingers crossed xx
This laptop looks great; my Toshiba is on the way out and this would make an ideal replacement.
Could do with a new laptop, and the Lenovo looks great :-)
THis would be the best surprise ever
nice looking laptop
looks fast which is good for my speed
Great and generous idea Adam. Good luck to all who need an upgrade. The Lenovo ThinkPad E560 sounds like a fantastic laptop.
Thank you for the chance to win Adam, I am totally over borrowing my children’s computers and so are they!
Great giveaway Adam. A Lenovo ThinkPad E560 would be perfect for replacing my ancient Pentium PC.
thank you for the beautiful prize. After a hell of a year this is something I truly needed in my life to lift me up
thank you
Glad to hear it… Everyone else is jealous of course but enjoy the latop… Would love to see a photo once you’re set up!