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The Big Mac

By Thomas Ford. Tuesday, 27. June 2006, 16:53:16

We've run this widget competition for a little more than a month. And by now I know you're all wondering what we've got planned for the big prize. I mean, we've got weekly prizes from ThinkGeek, two Nokia 770s for our monthly prizes and then the Big Mac.

We're giving the winner a tricked out, double stuffed, supersized Macbook Pro. 15" screen, sweet Intel Core Duo and all the trimmings. But we're adding a little secret sauce too. We're including all the software to make it a dual boot machine - meaning you can run both Windows XP and Mac OS X. When you add it all up, the total prize is valued at more than $2500. You know, we couldn't give away just anything to the eventual widget maestro.

This isn't Vegas; you've got an excellent chance of winning. We get a handful of widgets each week. All entries - every single one - will be eligible for the Grand Prize, so get coding. The clock ticks...

Good luck to all!

Cosine of the TimesBehind the Widget

Comments

Ramunas # 27. June 2006, 17:00

God damn, this is so great, too bad i can't really create widgets.
Somebody will get VERY lucky. Cheers

bestdamntech # 27. June 2006, 19:19

Hot damn, Flemo.org would be losing his mind right now. What a prize.

Benjamin Joffe # 28. June 2006, 04:52

Wow, that is awesome. I'm going straight back to the drawing board.

Eddie_Lopez # 28. June 2006, 15:57

Now we're having cake and ice cream.

Moldarin # 28. June 2006, 19:59

When does the competition end and what are the rules?

mywapis # 28. June 2006, 22:26

I think it's cool!

danielcs # 28. June 2006, 23:29

Amazing prize.

rocanale # 28. June 2006, 23:52

it's what it was looking for

realGWolf # 29. June 2006, 00:37

seems to be interesting

edwardpiercy # 29. June 2006, 01:52

Nice prize. Too bad they don't give out prizes for the quality of the writing instead of just widgets.

qicai02 # 29. June 2006, 03:03

Yours!

thomas.ford # 29. June 2006, 08:24

Moldarin:

The rules are in this post: http://my.opera.com/widgets/blog/show.dml/249511.

Good luck!

Sabrina3363 # 29. June 2006, 13:26

What's a Widget?

superjoppe # 30. June 2006, 02:18

Wouldnt it be a good idea to finally fix the MacOpera UI if the winner gets a Mac?

danitool # 30. June 2006, 09:24

... and why not a triple boot with a Unix system?... there is no cost and many many advantages :-) Kubuntu for example.

kisswen # 2. July 2006, 04:29

路过

1dollar # 2. July 2006, 14:02

good prize

oolongxp # 3. July 2006, 10:11

Mmacbook is good but too expensive to buy.......

Indyan # 4. July 2006, 07:40

I hope that the winning widget is something truely spectacular!

fuhui20cn # 5. July 2006, 11:23

damn good .......

mcupples # 6. July 2006, 02:36

You will all bow down before my awesomeness as I graciously accept the macbook. Especially you, Johnny(spelling?) Saucepan! Pwend(spelling again? Someone tell me how to spell that...)!