Archive | October, 2008

Sony Student Discount Online Store Gives 10% Off VAIO Products

Posted on 30 October 2008

Sony has opened up a new program for students called the Sony Style Campus Program.  This program allows university students in the U.S., students parents or teachers to get a 10% discount on VAIO laptops and desktops and digital voice recorders.

Here’s what eligibility for this education discount is based on:

Students currently attending or accepted into [...]

New Apple MacBook 2008 Review

Posted on 26 October 2008

The new Apple MacBook for 2008 is an upgrade in terms of both power and design from the previous MacBook.  Gone is the plastic case design, aluminum is now used instead, and a new faster Intel processor is part of the mix along with dedicated Nvidia graphics.  That’s all good news, but unfortunately the upgrades [...]

New MacBook Student Discount Not So Great

Posted on 22 October 2008

With the release of the new Apple MacBook and MacBook Pro last week a lot of students out there started clamoring to find ways to get the new 13.3″ aluminum MacBook for cheaper than the regular starting price of $1,299.  Everyone in school is pretty well aware of the fact Apple is good to the [...]

Old Navy End of Season Sale

Posted on 21 October 2008

Old Navy is having their end of season sale where you can use coupon code GETMORE to score 15% off of any order over $75 or 20% off any order over $100.  If you spend more than $150 then shipping is free, otherwise it’s a flate rate of $6.  Even without the discount code you [...]

Discount Student Flights Getting Cheaper with Economic Downturn

Posted on 16 October 2008

Though it’s most certainly a bad thing that the economy is taking a turn for the worse these days, it does mean that the price of both gas and flights are dropping.  This is especially the case for student flights.  An article in the Wall Street Journal yesterday highlights the fact that sites such as [...]

New Apple MacBooks Released

Posted on 15 October 2008

Apple has always been huge in the education market, but over the past couple of years they’ve become even more dominant as the favorite choice of students on campuses across the U.S.  And so you’ll be interested to hear that Apple has released a new batch of MacBooks that will most certainly be a hot [...]

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HP Pavilion dv4t Review

Posted on 07 October 2008

The HP Pavilion dv4t is a 14.1-inch notebook targeted towards those that need to be on the go some of the time, but also need a notebook with a large enough screen to provide for comfortable viewing while at a desk.  In other words, the dv4t size is perfectly suited as a student laptop.

The dv4t [...]

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Microsoft Live Offering Instant Cash Back for Purchases

Posted on 05 October 2008

Many students out there are familiar with cash back programs such as FatWallet.com or eBates.com. The basic idea is that you use links from these “Cash Back” sites to go and purchase a product from an online retailer and the cash back website will track your purchase and give you a certain % of sale [...]