If you have a teen heading off to college in the fall, these upcoming weeks are a great time to get ready for college: like purchasing books and dorm room furniture and supplies to be ready for the first day of class.  And hopefully, many students received some of these supplies as graduation gifts.  One of the most necessary items to have before stepping foot on campus in the fall is a laptop.  Laptops offer supreme portability and efficiency, aspects which make them an essential item for all college students.

And parents, laptops have far more uses for your children than checking Facebook every ten minutes and playing online games.  With a laptop, students can easily and more effectively take notes during class and Skype their parents to tell them face-to-face how school’s going.  But there are so many laptops to choose from–how do you decide?

Fortunately, Parents Countdown to College Coach has a laptop comparison tool, powered by FindTheBest, that enables parents and their children to narrow down the best laptops for their needs and preferences.  With the widget below, you can sort through hundreds of laptops by price, display size, battery life, and Smart Rating (a single rating based on technical specifications and review scores from expert sources).  Also, if you want to narrow down the list, just filter the search by price range, display, battery life, and storage range, and also laptop type.  If and when you find the laptop that best fits your child’s needs (and your budget!), you can purchase it directly from Amazon, and it will be at your doorstep in a week or less.

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Also, a crucial accessory to have for laptops in college are headphones.  Whether your child wants to listen to music while he’s in the library, or he needs to watch a documentary for class while his roommate is asleep, this item comes in handy very often.  Like laptops, determining which earphones are right for them is a difficult process.  Check out the widget below to find and purchase the right headphones for your kids!

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