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I Gave My Mom a Laptop!

Buying presents is never easy. The main goal, of course, is to make the gift recipient happy. Too often you give someone something only to see that forced smile and hear them emit that oh-so-fake “Thanks! I loooove it!”

For my mom’s birthday I decided to skip all the stress and give her a hands-down, slam-dunk winner of a present. My mom is a super hard working R.N. and is going back to college to finish up her Bachelor’s degree. (Ironic that my mom is a college student now right? I hope she reads Her Campus!). I’m super proud of her and wanted to get her a present that would show her how supportive I am of her decision to go back to school.

I decided that a laptop would do the trick. I found myself googling “Good Laptops for Moms,” “Best Laptops for Women with 4 Children,” “Good Laptops for Adult Students” and other such nonsense.

Through Her Campus I was introduced to the HP Pavillion dm1z with AMD Processor (try saying that three times fast). Not only is the laptop bright red (score!), it’s less than 1 inch thick and is super powerful. It sports a AMD processor which basically means that it’s super fast and will help my mom rock her classes this spring. To top it all off, it retails for <$450.

When she opened it up she was speechless. She actually started crying and almost dropped the computer on the floor when she jumped up to hug me. Best. Reaction. Ever.

She’s now chugging away at her classes and absolutely loving the computer. She takes it everywhere with her in her cute Vera Bradley tote.

Thanks HP & AMD for helping me outfit my mom with the perfect present.

#BestDaughterEver (tee hee!)

As President and Co-Founder of Her Campus Media, Windsor is in charge of all revenue and monetization strategies. Under her watch, Her Campus has done state of the art college marketing programs for clients including Under Armour, Aussie Haircare, Neutrogena, Coke with Coffee, Bed Bath & Beyond, Hallmark, VS Pink, Ralph Lauren Fragrances, H&R Block, The Home Depot, WeWork, Grubhub and more.  Windsor is a 2010 honors graduate of Harvard College. She has also been named to Forbes 30 Under 30, BusinessWeek's 25 Under 25 Best Young Entrepreneurs, Inc. magazine's 30 Under 30 Coolest Young Entrepreneurs, Glamour magazine's 20 Amazing Young Women, and The Boston Globe's 25 Most Stylish Bostonians. She lives in Atlanta, GA with her husband and two daughters. Follow Windsor on Instagram: @windsorwestern