Stay Ahead Of Your Class With Top Tech Devices

By Damilare Ogunmowo

2016: Access to up-to-date technology has become essential for education that will prepare students for success inside and outside of the classroom. Investing in cutting edge back-to-school products can help students put their best foot forward at the beginning of a new school season.

Research shows that 2016 is the year for 2-in-1s, including Dell’s Multi-functional Inspiron 2-in-1 range, including the colourful, affordable & ultra-portable Inspiron 11 3000 2-in-1; the Inspiron 5000 2-in-1 Laptop range and the Inspiron 7000 2-in-1.

For overachievers who want to look good in the process, there’s the XPS laptops and desktops, led by the XPS 13 Laptop – Dell’s award -winning smallest ever 13-inch laptop. The XPS 13 has a virtually borderless InfinityEdge display and the longest battery life of any 13-inch laptop, with up to 18 hours of run-time with FHD resolution

With the XPS Tower lineup, students can enjoy blazing fast speeds for gaming and system-intensive applications, plus huge expandability potential. It is engineered to run quietly, cool more efficiently and deliver the best sound possible in a desktop. Additionally, both the XPS Tower VR comes virtual reality (VR)-ready for both Oculus and HTC Vive, for immersive video and virtual reality experiences.

For gaming enthusiasts, the new Alienware Alpha is both the perfect gaming console and desktop PC that can be transported easily between the bedroom, living room, LAN parties and more, with minimal set up. Its compact design now comes with 60 percent higher GPU performance than the previous generation and better frame rates at higher resolutions and higher settings. For future proofing and to push performance to virtual reality and 4K gaming levels, certain configurations of the new Alpha are now compatible with the Alienware Graphics Amplifier. Starting price: $599.99.

Students can also protect their back-to-school investments no matter where their studies take them with Dell Premium Support, Dell’s service for consumer PCs and tablets that gives customers proactive automated support for both hardware and software. Dell is the first and only company to combine proactive automated support with 24/7 access to expert technicians, on-site service after remote diagnosis, and support for both hardware and software issues.