 | Toshiba A215-S5837 Satellite 15.4" Widescreen Laptop, AMD Athlon 64 X2 TL-60 at 2.0GHz, 160GB hard drive, Built-in wireless 802.11b/g, 2GB of DDR2 memory, Burns DVDs and CDs, Windows Vista Home Premium
Buy new: $899.89 / Used from: $495.95 This is the laptop I found on sale for $500. If you can find a good deal like this, go for it. What I would change about it is the memory. 2GB is enough for running Windows Vista, but more is always better. A 160 GB is enough for me.
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 | Samsonite Urbanite Laptop Backpack (A66094511)
Buy new: $49.00 You're going to want a backpack for lugging your laptop around campus. Samsonite is a good brand and this is an OK price for a laptop backpack.
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 | Toshiba 250 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive HDDR250E03X
Buy new: $109.72 / Used from: $59.95 Toshiba is a great brand. If you watch the sales in your town, you can get this for $100. You'll want to have an external hd to keep a back up of your important files (i.e. your music, and projects too)
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 | Belkin F5C791-C8 100V-240V Travel Surge Protector
Great price. Plugs right into your power adapter for the laptop.
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 | Kingston DTI/2GB Data Traveler 2 GB USB Flash Drive
Buy new: $8.93 / Used from: $4.50 You can easily find one of these at Office Depot or Staples for the same price and not pay shipping. Great for file sharing with your friends or for a presentation.
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 | Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 3000 - Winter Blue
Buy new: $17.97 / Used from: $14.99 I've tried other wireless mouses, and this one is the best. Good size (for my hand, anyways), USB adapter is improved from previous model.
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 | RCA RP5120 256MB USB 104 Hour Recording Digital Voice Recorder
Buy used from: $17.49 From friends a year ahead of me, you'll want to record lectures to go back over them for notes.
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 | Targus PA225U Retractable Phone & Ethernet Cord (Plastic Casing)
Buy new: $14.99 You'll want an ethernet cable to hook up to the internet in your dorm or if your school doesn't have wireless around campus (doubtful).
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 | S-Video Cable 6 ft. Gold Plated
Buy new: $0.02 / Used from: $0.19 To hook your laptop up to a larger screen TV to watch it with your friends.
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 | Targus PA410S-1 DEFCON SCL Notebook/Laptop Cable Lock
Buy new: $35.92 / Used from: $27.00 If you have to leave your laptop for even a second, you want to lock it to something so it doesn't get stolen.
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 | Logitech Z-2300 THX-Certified 200-Watt 2.1 Speaker System (Silver)
Buy new: $126.95 / Used from: $59.99 Listening to your laptop in your dorm, you may want a better set of speakers for better quality or to boost the volume. If you have an old set of speakers from an older computer, those work, too.
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