![]() | ASUS UL30Vt-X1 Thin and Light 13.3-Inch Black Laptop (Windows 7 Home Premium)
Buy new: $749.99 This laptop is thin and light, and gives you about 10hrs battery life under use. And it's got the horsepower to play HD movies and run video games, and even an HDMI port to connect it to a TV. If you're going to carry your laptop around with you a lot, there isn't anything better than this. They've balanced this laptop between battery life, computing power, and price...and done it very well.
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![]() | ASUS USB 2.0 8x DVD Writer External Optical Drive SDRW-08D1S-U (Black)
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$49.99You're obviously going to need a CD/DVD-ROM for your laptop at some point, but you almost never need to carry it around with you. That's why the laptop above doesn't have one built in - to keep it from being unnecessarily thick and heavy. So you can keep this in your dorm room.
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![]() | Western Digital My Passport Essential 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive WDME5000TN (Midnight Black)
Buy new: $133.00 / Used from: $84.99 The #1 rule of computers is that something will always go wrong at the worst possible time. So do yourself a favor and back up your files to an external hard drive like this one, so that when it happens you're already prepared.
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![]() | Patriot Xporter XT Boost 8 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive PEF8GUSB
Buy new: $22.99 This isn't the smallest, fanciest, or "cutest" USB stick on the market, but it's definitely one of the fastest. These sticks are normally brought to a crawl when dealing with small files, like documents and images. But not this one. Never pull your hair out waiting for your flash drive again.
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![]() | Cowon S9 16 GB Video MP3 Player with Touchscreen (Chrome/Black)
Buy new: $200.96 / Used from: $190.00 If all you're looking for out of an MP3 player is playing music and movies, you won't be disappointed with this. It's got MUCH better sound and picture quality than any iPod. The only downside is that you don't get the app store. But if you already have an iPhone that shouldn't matter.
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![]() | Ultimate Ears TripleFi 10 Noise Isolating Earphones
Buy new: $198.25 / Used from: $150.00 These earphones will really bring out the quality of your music when paired with the Cowon S9 above. It sounds like you're sitting on stage, right in the middle of the performance. And best of all, you don't have to worry about the cable getting ruined. If it ever rips (internally or externally) you can buy a replacement from their website for $20. So they are guaranteed to last.
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![]() | X-Mini MAX II Capsule Speakers Colour BLACK
Buy new: $47.99 For if you ever need better or louder sound than your laptop can give you, or if you want to turn your mp3 player into a mini stereo. They've got a battery that lasts and really good sound quality for their size.
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![]() | Samsung LN32B360 32-Inch 720p LCD HDTV
Buy used from: $395.99 This is a great dorm room TV. It's got the best picture quality out of any of the budget-priced 32" sets on the market. Don't be fooled by all the cheap-o sets the put on sale at brick-and-mortar stores, because for just a few bucks more you get a picture that's infinitely better. And at this size 1080p doesn't look any different than 720p. So don't worry about that part.
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![]() | PlayStation 3 120 GB
Buy used from: $300.00 Depending on the games you're interested in, you're going to be picking between a PS3 and Xbox360. But the PS3 hasn't been worth it - until this year. Many games are out/coming out for the PS3 that are absolutely brilliant. Games like God of War 3. Most of the great games are released on both Xbox and PS3 anyway, so you won't miss out on much either way. But this one's a bluray player too :).
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![]() | Texas Instruments TI-89 Titanium Graphing Calculator by Texas Instruments
Buy new: $138.24 / Used from: $88.99 No matter what your major is, you're going to have to take math courses. And this calculator will get you through them with ease. Unlike most others, this calculator can solve indefinite equations - equations where a variable is part of the answer. Even in calculus. Definitely a great asset for those classes.
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![]() | Canon PowerShot SX120IS 10MP Digital Camera with 10x Optical Images Stabilized Zoom and 3-inch LCD
Buy new: $196.54 / Used from: $165.00 Don't be fooled by megapixels. The biggest factor in the quality of a camera's pictures is the size of its sensor. Sure, if you want the best, go with a DSLR. But they're also bulky and expensive. This camera gives you a larger sensor for quality pictures, a quick shutter speed for getting those "fun" shots before they're gone, and uses SDHC cards that the laptop above has a built in reader for.
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![]() | Sandisk 8GB EXTREME III SDHC SD Card Class 6 (SDSDX3-8192 Bulk Package)
Buy new: $31.04 The delay you normally get with your camera after taking a picture is because it has to write a large image file to a very slow memory card. That's where this card comes in. It's one of the fastest on the market, and will allow you to take pictures one after another really quickly. And you shouldn't have to worry about space either.
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