25 Best Back-to-School Gadgets

Wait — isn't it still summer? Technically, yes, but it's never too early to start prepping your arsenal of back-to-school gadgets for the fall. We've searched high and low for the perfect laptop, digital camera, cell phone and even toothbrush to make your academic year complete

Seagate FreeAgent Go

Seagate external HD

One fine day — and believe me, the day will come — the hard drive on your laptop will up and die, and it will be either a) a disaster, especially if you haven't turned in that 20-page term paper yet, or b) little more than an inconvenience. The key, of course, is whether you've got a backup drive handy. About the size of a small paperback novel and weighing in at less than a third of a pound (150 g), the Seagate FreeAgent Go connects to your system via USB, and the included Windows-only software makes full-system backups a breeze. (Don't worry, Mac users — you can always fire up Apple's easy-as-pie Time Machine utility instead.) The 500-GB version of the FreeAgent Go should have room to spare for your mammoth video and music collections.

Price: $150

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