Tag: Back to School
5 Hot Back to School Laptops
With students getting ready for school in the next couple of weeks, here are some suggestions for five hot laptops. Included are a: budget Windows Notebook, all around Windows system, gaming powerhouse computer, high-end Ultra-portable system, and a high-end Powerhouse Money-Doesn’t-Matter system Because your needs are different than the next student, it’s worth spending a [...]
Back to School Gadget Buying Guide: 18 Fun and Productive Suggestions
Students are gearing up to go back to school all across the United States. Some tech buying will take place in addition to picking up those Trapper Keepers and new sneakers. Here are some recommendations for tools that might make going off to college, high school or any educational experience, more productive and fun. Verbatim Tuff N [...]
Wait! Don’t Buy That New Mac Notebook Yet!
It may seem like a great time to head out and buy a new MacBook or MacBook Air to prepare for the back to school saga, but you should wait one more week before you buy an Apple notebook. All signs point to a new MacBook Air and possibly even a new MacBook on July [...]
Gateway ID47 Notebook Get’s Sexy Back to School Look
The Gateway ID line of notebooks received a back to school makeover today with a collection of improvements to performance and looks without adding to the all important bottom line. The Gateway ID47 notebook is available today with a starting price of $699. A 2.3GHz Intel Core i5 Sandy Bridge processor delivers enough processing power to tackle [...]
Samsung Delivers More Affordable Series 9 Notebooks
Samsung is launching a volley of back to school notebooks in the Series 9 collection of notebooks. The new Series 9 notebooks come in both 11.6″ and 13.3″ models, with five distinct models. Samsung’s new Series 9 notebooks start at a much more palatable $1,049 for the 11.6″ model and $1,349 for the 13.3″ model. Samsung has taken [...]
Back To School: Buy a Mac get $100 worth of Apps Free
Apple has kicked off their annual Back to School promotion, with a new twist. Instead of a free iPod Touch, Apple is including a $100 iTunes gift card with the purchase of a new Mac. The gift card isn’t as good as a $200 iPod Touch, but it still offers a great extra on top [...]
Buy a Windows 7 Notebook over $699, Get a Free Xbox 360 4G: Back To School Promo
Microsoft is offering a new Back-to-School promotion, giving away an Xbox 360 4GB to students who purchase a Windows 7 powered notebook over $699 from participating retailers between May 22 and September 9th. The deal is designed to combat the Apple promotion which offers a free iPod Nano with MacBook purchase during the same time [...]
Apple Back-to-School Promotion Starts Next Week: Free iPod Nano with MacBook, MacBook Air or MacBook Pro
It looks like Apple may be getting an early jump on the back-to-school promotions next week, according to AppleInsider. The site “People familiar with the Apple’s retail operations” as saying that the promotion will come after a Sunday morning meeting of all Apple Store employees this week. The promotion is an annual thing and if true [...]
MacBook Air Refresh w/ Sandy Bridge Core i5/i7 & Thunderbolt as Early as June
The MacBook Air, Apple’s ultraportable wonder, isn’t yet a year old, but we may see a new MacBook Air model with ultra low voltage Intel 2nd Gen Core i5 and Core i7 processors as well as the inclusion of the new Thunderbolt connector introduced on the latest MacBook Pro. The MacBook Air refresh rumor comes via AppleInsider who [...]
Japan Quake To Disrupt Consumer Notebook Supply During Back to School Rush
The earthquake in Japan and subsequent disruption of infrastructure has led to a disruption in the production of batteries, LCDs, chips and all types of components that make up notebooks, laptops and hard to find tablets like the iPad 2. The effect of the earthquake won’t be felt immediately by the supply chain, but could hit consumers hard during [...]
