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Thinkpad (AXcess News) Washington - When Teresa Harris was a college freshman at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, she didn't have an iPod. Or a computer. Or even a mini-fridge.

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Desktop Computer Jake Strang, a 17-year-old from Harrisonburg, Va., headed to the University of South Carolina, said he has almost everything he needs for school. Except for lawn chairs.

Notebooks Strang's room has a balcony. He said he'll wait to buy chairs until he and his roommate can decide what they want.

Lenovo But his mother, Sharon Strang, remembers her time at Philadelphia's Duquesne University in the mid-1970s when large wooden spools became coffee tables, and boards stacked with concrete blocks became shelving.

Hard Drive "Back then, people just didn't have a lot of things to go to college with them," she said. Today "you walk into some of the dorm rooms and some of them could be in Vogue or Cosmo."

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Laptop Parts "The only thing that has not changed is the size of the average dorm room. I took a typewriter to school, and I thought I was cool," said Paula Baldwin, public relations manager for Best Buy, who graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1976.

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Hard Drives This fall's hottest items are "small, easy to use and portable," Baldwin said. The five major categories are laptop computers, wireless networking, iPods, small televisions and mini-fridges.

Electronics Noemi Villani, in public relations for Bed Bath and Beyond, remembers that "I didn't go away, but my sister did, and she had one of those silly boomboxes."

Canon Villiani, who attended New York University and Long Island Community College and graduated in 1981, said practical and under-bed storage helped make college life easier for her daughter.

Desktop Pc Ann Evans, Linens 'n Things spokeswoman, said that the company's "Destination Dorm" supplies are about injecting a student's personality into his or her first, adult-type space.

Desktop Computers Taking the bed as a focal point, the collection covers it in sheets and comforters in "gender-neutral" colors.

Think Pad Students can also choose among several types of lighting. When Evans, who graduated from Cornell University in 1982, went to school, "We used to just rely on the dorm's florescent lights and desk lamps."

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Keyboard David Fox, the University of Pennsylvania's associate director for college houses and academic services, said he and his staff have noticed women wearing less make up and men using more toiletries especially hair products.

Monitor Fox, who graduated from the University of California-Los Angeles in 1978, said he remembers college fashion as "just a little more dressed up" than it is now flip-flops were not a daily fashion staple.

Desktop With Penn's diverse housing options, the essentials still apply, Fox said, such as extra-long twin sheets, school supplies and laundry detergent. The university mails a DVD about dorm options and a dorm-room checklist to new students.

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Lap Top Students do not need cooking supplies because they have access to a community kitchen, Clarke said.

Refurbished He advised students to bring a "reasonable amount of clothing not everything in your wardrobe" and devices such as laptops and cell phones to stay connected.

Memory In the fall, despite what's bought or sold, parents and children will have to face going separate ways, many for the first time.

Intel The one timeless college necessity can't be bought in stores, Fox said.

As400 Bring in personal items to make the transition easier, he said. "It makes it feel more like home."

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