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12+ laptop accessories that I recommend to both students and professionals


These accessories can turn your basic laptop setup into an exceptional one (and you don't have to spend an arm and a leg).

The base option offers 1TB of storage with lightning-fast 2,000 Mb/s read and 1,800 MB/s write speeds, and it's about the size of a credit card, so it easily fits inside your pocket. The M4 MacBook Air, for example, only has Thunderbolt ports and a headphone jack -- hardly enough for a busy professional who needs to connect flash drives, monitors, and charge all at once. Kayla Solino/ZDNETA laptop's trackpad is fine for casual browsing; but a proper mouse offers better precision, speed, and comfort -- three qualities crucial for long work days.

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