The school bell has tolled and students all over the country are back in class, laboring away to expand their minds and their future job prospects. And you can’t have school without tech, which is why Best Buy just launched a week-long Back to School sale that offers deep discounts on some of the most popular categories for student life. We had an all-night cram session and picked out the five best deals you’ll find there.
You can’t get away from AI in the classroom right now, and more schools are exploring ways to integrate the technology into the daily routines of their students. To get a jump on the trend, pick up one of the latest laptops compatible with Windows 11 with Copilot, Microsoft’s ambitious suite of machine learning tools that promises to speed up your search, improve your writing, help you make images and more. The Samsung Galaxy Book4 boasts a Snapdragon X Elite processor built specifically to accommodate the needs of AI. Taking $350 is a nice price. This configuration ships with 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD. In our review, we called it “a fast, nicely made, and long-lasting AI PC pick.”
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Apple iPad 9th Generation
A tremendous tablet for the classroom, the commute and more
$199.99
at Best Buy
$329.99
Save $130.00
Owning a tablet has become almost a requirement in many classes, as the all-in-one device excels for freeform note taking, lecture recording, scheduling, organization and more. Apple’s iPads are often at the top of every wishlist, and right now the 9th generation iPad is on sale for a huge discount at Best Buy. Although it’s showing its age a bit, the A13 Bionic chip is still fast and efficient, the TrueTone Retina display looks great and the solid aluminum construction feels amazing in your hands. In our review, we said that the 9th generation iPad “performs better than pricier Android competitors, has a nice display well-suited for work and play, and will receive OS updates for years to come.”
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Amazon Echo Dot
A smart speaker that can keep students on task at $20 off
$29.99
at Best Buy
$49.99
Save $20.00
Replacing the old-fashioned alarm clock, Amazon’s Echo line of smart speakers are compact and surprisingly solid-sounding units that use the Alexa voice assistant to handle all kinds of tasks, from playing music, radio and podcasts to setting alarms and reminders, interfacing with smart appliances, ordering stuff from Amazon and more. In our review of the most recent Echo Dot, we praised its enlarged speaker driver, support for tap gestures through motion sensing, and the ability to use it as a node in an Eero mesh Wi-Fi network.
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Being able to block out your classmates is an essential part of effective learning, and for those long-term study sessions, a pair of high-quality earbuds can make a huge difference. We gave a positive review to Sony’s LinkBuds S units, saying that they “deliver good sound quality and noise cancellation in a much more effective design than the previous pair,” lauding their customizable in-app EQ, intuitive controls and effective environmental sound elimination. For $130, there aren’t much better pairs of earphones on the market.
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School is probably the last time you’re going to need to print out documents on a regular basis, but having to scramble to find a printer when you have a paper due is nobody’s idea of fun. Take advantage of Best Buy’s sale to snag the HP Smart Tank 5101, a versatile and durable printer that we called “very much worth considering on the basis of sheer ink economics” in our review. While the speed isn’t top of the line, this is one of the most inexpensive home printers to run over long periods of time, making it a fantastic option for students on a budget.
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