Back to School Tech Guide
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Back to School Tech Guide
It isn't hard to spot the first signs of the Back-to-School
season: A sea of big yellow buses back out on the roads,
tons of TV ads hawking new fall clothes and cool, portable
gadgets, and you on the road, too, buying school supplies
and helping your children move in to their college dorm
rooms. It's a time of year full of expectations and, for
many stress, stress over what kinds of technology you should
be buying for your school-age children and yourself
(adult-ed anyone?). Stop worrying, we've done the homework
for you to find the best laptops, portable media players,
voice phones, and more. Just read our expert reviews,
straight from the PC Magazine Labs. We're even throwing in
some PC buying tips and questions to ask the college IT
department.
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Review Roundup: Our Favorite Back to School Gear
Besides receiving the traditional backpacks, calculators,
and notebooks, students are looking into electronics for
back to school. Whether it's a laptop for writing papers, a
PDA to keep organized, a digital camera for lasting
memories, or a mobile phone to keep in touch, we've rounded
up the best products for students of any age in these
digital times.
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Back to School: Cases for Your Gear
The one thing that's more important than what tech gear
you'll bring to school this year is how you'll carry it. No
worries. We've done the research and present four cases you
can use to get the gear back to school safely. We also look
at some nifty iPod cases.
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Review Roundup: Back-to-School PCs
Whether you love or hate school, the right equipment will
help clear a path for success. We've pulled together a look
at five desktops and five laptops that should all be
contenders for your technology-buying dollars. Read all the
reviews, check out the slide shows, and get ready to start
investing in your brighter, future.
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Special Report: Top Ten Back-to-School PC Buying Tips
Whether you use our review roundup or choose to go through
the PC selection process on your own, these ten tips will
help you make the best choice for campus computing.
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Back to School: MP3 Players Go to School
It's a student's dream: an MP3 player that can not only play
music, but record a lecture while taking notes in class.
Okay, so maybe it's really a parent's dream for their kids,
but even so, the recording options on these five quality
players prove valuable whether in class or at a live
concert. Read our roundup of the Cowon iAudio X5, Creative
Zen Micro, Creative Zen Nano Plus, iriver H10, and the Rio
Carbon Pearl.
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Tips & Advice: Ten Questions to Ask Your College IT Department
Sending your child off to college? Be sure you interview the
IT folks at Yale (Why not? Aim high!) with these ten tech
queries.
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Back to School: The Wireless Dorm Room
After you've chatted with your college's IT department,
here's some hardware to consider for staying connected on
campus.
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Review: Microsoft Student 2006
Computers and software are now officially part of the
American learning experience. These days we only wonder
which tech tools our children and young adults should use.
Microsoft has an idea: It's called Microsoft Student 2006, a
collection of enabling technologies intended to be used
with, what else, Microsoft Office. Should this be on your
short list of back-to-school items? Our in-depth evaluation
will help you decide.
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Review: Microsoft Education Pack for Tablet PCs
Could 2005 be the year of the Tablet PC in the classroom?
Microsoft thinks so with its collection of useful add-on
tools for classroom-bound Tablet PC users. We have a review
and a slide show.
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Back to School: Portable Media Players 101
If you're thinking what else you can squeeze into that
backpack of yours, how about a portable media player? We've
selected six players that can play video and support music
playback and photo viewing. (Won't your friends be jealous
when you're playing it in study hall?)
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Review Roundup: Voice Phones Under $50
Send your student to school with a low-cost, good-looking
VoIP phone that is simple and effective to use. We pulled
together the best of them in our special report.
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Review Roundup: Finding Your Ultimate PDA
Leave the laptop in the dorm and pick up one of these
palm-sized PDAs. There are dozens of great choices, and many
do much, much more than just help you manage your class
schedules and deadlines. We look at top choices from Dell,
HP, and Palm.
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Review Roundup: Feature-Rich Compact Cameras
We've collected six superb cameras with lots of features
that could earn you an "A" in Photography 101. With seamless
image quality and wide-angle shooting abilities, they're not
as pocketable as ultracompacts, but they'll fit nicely in
your backpack. Read our reviews of the Canon PowerShot A95,
Canon PowerShot S70, Epson L-500V, Fuji FinePix E550, Nikon
Coolpix 7900, and the Olympus Camedia C-7000 Zoom.
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