You evidence your lack of experience in having never worked in a
computer room or alpha lab or been a sysadmin at companies exceeding 500
employees to know the difference between commercial-grade enterprise
computing gear versus the low-end consumer-grade stuff you buy for home
use.
Since when did this discussion degrade to costs bearing on the ignorance
of consumers? Why did beanie babies and cabbage patch dolls cost so
much? We're talking about the cost to manufacture a product, its real
quality versus perceived, along with the included support costs.
While I can understand there is consumer grade and commercial grade
equipment. I still question how something could be THAT much better.
A home type router has to work, or they wont sell their product.
Having worked with electronics, I have a decent understanding about
circuits.
Chips, transistors, diodes, resistors and so on, are all manufactured
pretty much the same. In other words, a 555 chip or 470K resistor used
in ANY equipment is made by the same companies. One exception are
capacitors, and they are one of the biggest problems these days with a
lot of electronics. So I'd tend to believe the commercial routers and
other electronics would use the higher quality caps.
I can see where this costly router is also a rack mount, but all that
means is that it has a couple "fins". consisting of a couple ounces of
extra metal. And it's likely the case is a little more durable.....
While this is likely the way it is, I personally question whether any of
this is really worth the MUCH higher price.....
If the standard home type router costs $100 to $200 NEW, then charging
yp to $500 for the commercial grade would make sense, if it uses better
capacitors and any other "higher quality" components including a more
durable case with rack mounting. Once you get beyond that price, it's
merely just an illusion, but their marketting people know there are a
lot of fools who are willing to pay these excessively high prices.....
As someone else said, This router is small. I believe it has 3 ports.
Which is about the same as any home type router (actually most seem to
have 4 ports these days... or more). But like anything, people pay for
a name brand. It's just like a pair of generic blue jeans costs $20,
but some big name ones cost $120. Or Coca Cola sells for $5 but generic
cola is $2. Or why does a Cadillac cost three or more times the price
of a Chevrolet, when in fact they both have the same engine, are built
upon the same frame, and so on..... While the Cadillac has a few moe
bells and whistles, and leather versus cloth seats, the price dont
justify the "extras". Thus, it's merely the NAME one is paying for.
I know as a farmer that John Deere tractors are the most expensive.
Even a used one at an auction will bring a higher price than another
brand. But are they really built better? From my own observations, I'd
say they are no better than many other brands, and in some cases, they
are built less durable. I had a J.D. hay baler, and it was constantly
breaking. The price of parts was excessively high too. I got tired of
sticking money in that J.D. baler, which in my opinion was poorly built,
and I bought another brand baler, which has served me well, with few
problems. But John Deere advertisers have done a good job of making the
public "believe" they sell superior products, which is just an
illusion.....
