Re: Switches

 Sure it's an option ....

 I personally feel it's a waste of money as there other options out there
that are a lot more economical. As far as the set of switches coming out to
3K , well congrats for working for a partner and having the ability to
purchase at the discounted rate just realize that many are not in the same
boat. Now having said that, I currently work in the field and managed more
than my fare share of Cisco Systems little boxes , including 3560's so I
have "spares" that i currently play with, but again not everyone is in the
same boat.

 I'm not crying ; I have no need to purchase hardware as I have a full lab
20 feet from my cubicle, but not eveyone has the same employment perks.

 Spending all that money to accomplish the same thing is not something i
would personally brag about.

 To each their own ...

On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Tony Varriale
<tvarriale_at_flamboyaninc.com>wrote:

> It's an option. You could use the 8 porters.
>
> That's $2k list. If you are a partner and do NFR you are 60-70% off. So
> now you are at ~$3k.
>
> Full labs just a few years ago cost $10k-15k. So, quit crying :)
>
> One thing I find interesting is how people expect the cost to obtain such a
> difficult cert to be next to free. That attitude has definitely changed
> over the years.
>
> If Cisco would change this back into an enterprise cert (and not SMB) it
> would be very expensive.
>
> I hope Cisco puts all high end gear on the test to ensure people have to go
> back to spending at least $15k on a real home lab just like many of us have
> done! :)
>
> But hey, guess what? No one is asking you to get the cert.
>
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