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Posted by Dave on March 2, 2005, 9:54 pm
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I agree. I prefer to have seperate components.
> email_invalid@mail2world.com wrote:
>> Also is it better and/or more cost effective to buy a combo unit rather
>> than two separate units as most people do?
>
> I went off to college in the late '70s. Having a stereo system in your
> dorm room was a cultural and social requirement. With space (and money) at
> a premium, the all-in-one units were very popular. But in my entire dorm,
> I don't recall anyone who had an all-in-one with all working components.
> The weakest link always made itself know very quickly.
>
> The best cameras have bodies that are separate from their lenses. External
> dial-up modems were considered best because a hang-up of the modem didn't
> require a computer reboot. Home theater systems aren't built-in to the
> same case as the TV screen. There are many, many more examples, but the
> best technologies usually separate components.
>
> Laptops often have lots of stuff built in because the pay-off is the
> portability of everything. What's the advantage of putting a router and a
> cable modem in the same case? Certainly no one is living in such cramped
> quarters that it makes a difference space-wise. Even the dorm room of my
> past wasn't that crowded!
>
> Cost? Well, make sure you factor in the fact that a combo unit needs to be
> replaced more often. The cablemodem needs to be replaced if the router
> goes south, and the router needs to be replaced if the cablemodem goes
> south. They both need to be replaced if something better comes along, and
> you want to (or need to) upgrade one or the other, too! Whatever savings
> there might be now will disappear the first time one component needs
> replacement, and you have to buy replacements for both.
>
> I can't think of any good reason why you'd want both components in the
> same case.
>
> --
> Warren H.
>
> ==========
> Disclaimer: My views reflect those of myself, and not my
> employer, my friends, nor (as she often tells me) my wife.
> Any resemblance to the views of anybody living or dead is
> coincidental. No animals were hurt in the writing of this
> response -- unless you count my dog who desperately wants
> to go outside now.
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