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Swag Review: Windows 7 Asus Eee 1008P PC

Today I received a 10" Asus Eee PC 1008P in the mail from Microsoft. As part of their loaner program, I'll be using it for the next year before I ship it back. The video above shows my initial impressions (and my deathly pallor). So far it seems like the pros are the long battery life (6 hours!), g

Review: Asus G Series Laptop with Intel i5

Some aspects of this laptop were a bit disappointing, but you can't argue with performance.Full disclosure: Intel sent me this laptop as a part of their Youth Product Review program. I kept it for two weeks before sending it back. Intel was nice enough to send me a loaner laptop for a couple weeks

What the iPad Means for Students

Ooooooh. Or eeewwwwwwww? Photo by Matt Buchanan. Licensed under CC 2.0. It's fair to say these days that students love Apple. The MacBook outsells every other laptop out there n the student demographic. The iPhone is the go-to smart phone for students: the $99 entry point is affordable and you can l

Guest Post: Blackberry Bold 9700 Review

The Blackberry Bold 9700. Image by Dan Northern. Today's guest post comes from Dan Northern, a current student at the University of Alabama. He runs the site CollegeThrive.com. If you are interested in guest-posting for HackCollege, please see our Guest Blogging for HackCollege page. I recently pick

LG eXpo Phone Review

I was able to get my hands on the new LG eXpo, which has some pretty humorous commercials floating around the ‘Net. It’s biggest selling point is the “Pico Projector” that you can buy for it. That’s right: it’s the first phone in existence that has a projector you can attach to it. Why would ...

The HP Mini 110 – Best All Around Netbook for College Students – Review

We're giving one of these away to one lucky back-to-school student! You should check it out. The Mini 1000 was the only computer I’ve ever had that got me a phone number. If I set up in a coffee shop, girls would strike up random conversations about it – like I was walking a cute dog th

The Timbuk2 H.A.L. Backpack Will House Any Student’s Mobile Office

We’re giving one of these away to one lucky back-to-school student! You should check it out. I’ve never loved a backpack. But this one, I love. Here’s the caveat: It costs $120. $50 of that goes towards stiching a yellow spiral (their logo) on to it. Get ready to port your whole desk anywhere. You’ll ...

The HP dv6 is a Burly Machine for Students – Review

We’re giving one of these away to one lucky back-to-school student! You should check it out. In all, the HP dv6 is for a very specific type of student. You gotta need power or crave an intense amount of media. The size (and even the price) just isn’t going to be worth it if all ...

A Tale of Two Computers

This past week I had the opportunity to review both a netbook and a notebook and compare them and see which computer is better fit for the padding inside your backpack this fall. The netbook was a Dell Mini with a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom processor running Windows XP. The notebook was a Dell Studio 15 ...

My Weekend with the dv2

We packed the house.So we just wrapped up the HackCollege party in LA this last weekend. To say it was a success would be an understatement. So the question is: how did some broke, delinquent college students manage to throw a party with an open bar? The answer: HP helped us out. In the face ...