Well, a used '56 Chevy Bel Aire might not be worth much. But I'd take a used '57 Chevy Bel Aire any day. ;-) They were a thing of beauty.
Seriously.... Old equipment isn't a waste of money while learning (assuming you get a good price and the equipment actually works). I have MGS routers. I get a little annoyed with them when I can't use 12.x features, but I bet I can do a good portion of the CCIE lab with them. Priscilla Chuck's Long Road wrote: > > ""Tim Ross"" wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > Have you been shopping eBay lately? Our personal lab > investments are > already > > trash. > > > CL: all that means is that the lab rat pool has exceeded > equilibrium, and > that the supply of used stuff exceeds the demand of the > newcomers to the rat > race. happens in every Ponzi scheme. > > CL: used technology has never been much of an investment > anyway. Used > Packards. Used Corvettes. Used Bentleys. Even used 56 Chevy Bel > Air's. Used > Honus Wagner and Ty Cobb baseball cards. But never used > computers or used > routers or used television sets. How's the Billy Beer market > doing? > > > > > Tim > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Robert D. Cluett" > > To: > > Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 8:27 AM > > Subject: 2500 End-of-Life (CCIE Lab)? [7:51589] > > > > > > > All, with the 2500 series now at an "end-of-life" status, > will the CCIE > > lab > > > soon eliminate this and otherwise turn our current personal > lab > > investments > > > in to trash? Any thoughts on this? > > Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=51653&t=51589 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]