Yes, sometimes we do pay for a nameplate. But in the case of the
routers, he won't even get a nameplate. Because in the case of the
routers, Dell is just reselling common retail products that can be
bought anywhere, almost always for less. But he's going to get the
exact same shrinkwrapped box that he could buy at Best Buy, CompUSA or
Circuit City. In the case of the router, I think it's Netgear brand.
So your comment about the keyboard, however valid, isn't relevant in the
case of the router.


BillW50 wrote:
> "Barry Watzman" <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:4553C9F8.6090109@neo.rr.com
> [snip]
>> As for the router .... I would not buy the router [any router] from
>> Dell at all. It's a separate piece of equipment, it doesn't go in the
>> laptop, and you can do as well or almost certainly better by just
>> going to a computer or office store and buying a router there. For
>> the most part, any router should work with any network card, as long
>> as at least one supported standard (802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g or
>> 802.11n) is common to both the router and the WiFi card in the laptop.
> [snip]
>
> I just purchased a Dell keyboard L100. Not because I couldn't find a
> better deal, but rather because it has the cool Dell emblem right on the
> keyboard. Otherwise it has no extra features or keys. Just very slim
> looking. And I like the feel of them. And sometimes Barry, sometimes we
> pay more for the name plate. And we know this and it is ok.
>
> http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/4...aedl100av5.jpg
>
> Pretty cool looking keyboard, eh? And see the big and nice Dell emblem?
> Yes we pay more, but it is so cool! So that is why we do it. And I never
> had a keyboard ever fail on me yet in about 25 years. So with any luck,
> this keyboard just might out live me. ;)
>