Get A First Class Degree

Gmail (Google Mail) is the best free web based mail client around. During my degree I found it very reliable. It has a calendar linked to it which you can use to plan your degree work, plotting assignment deadlines etc. It can also be used as an ad-hoc means of backing up your degree work.
Advantages:

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USB disks are a useful way of carrying your degree work with you and transferring it between different machines, but they are easily lost, damaged and do not have enough storage for full backup and archiving of all your degree work and research material.
For full backup or archiving of your degree work you may like […]

When I started my degree, not many people had these but today I think the majority of Students use them.
My first 128 MB drive cost £25, and a 1 GB drive would have cost well over £100.
A year later I replaced the 128 MB with a 256 MB for the same price (£25).
At time of […]

Many Universities (bars and cafés too) have WiFi access points which can be of great value to degree students on the move! Most laptops now have wireless functionality built into them, but if yours does not then you would be well advised to have a look at the Dabs value card produced by Edimax, which:

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A laptop is an expensive investment, and wont in itself get you a first class degree, you have to work hard for that! Before even looking at one (if you look, you’ll want!) you should consider whether you really need one. Laptops are very useful if:

You spend a lot of time travelling on trains
You frequently […]