The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Newegg selling Linksys E4200 with "free" BF3 Special Edition

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by DruePhoenix, Nov 25, 2011.

  1. DruePhoenix

    DruePhoenix Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    14
    Messages:
    193
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    31
    DruePhoenix, Nov 25, 2011
    #1
  2. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

    Reputations:
    3,047
    Messages:
    8,636
    Likes Received:
    4
    Trophy Points:
    206
    That is one expensive router
     
    masterchef341, Nov 25, 2011
    #2
  3. DruePhoenix

    DruePhoenix Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    14
    Messages:
    193
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    31
    yeah, without BF3 I probably would never consider it
     
    DruePhoenix, Nov 25, 2011
    #3
  4. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

    Reputations:
    3,047
    Messages:
    8,636
    Likes Received:
    4
    Trophy Points:
    206
    keep in mind BF3 was a $40 preorder and it's on sale right now for $30.
     
    masterchef341, Nov 25, 2011
    #4
  5. DruePhoenix

    DruePhoenix Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    14
    Messages:
    193
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    31
    really? 40 bucks before release? weird...
     
    DruePhoenix, Nov 25, 2011
    #5
  6. darkloki

    darkloki Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    412
    Messages:
    1,829
    Likes Received:
    182
    Trophy Points:
    81
    origins is selling the game for a discount right now.... FyI
     
    darkloki, Nov 25, 2011
    #6
  7. ThexDoctor

    ThexDoctor Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    67
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Expensive router? Dude, that router goes for 150 normally. $60 is the normal price for a router..
     
    ThexDoctor, Nov 25, 2011
    #7
  8. DruePhoenix

    DruePhoenix Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    14
    Messages:
    193
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    31
    define "normal price"?
     
    DruePhoenix, Nov 25, 2011
    #8
  9. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

    Reputations:
    3,047
    Messages:
    8,636
    Likes Received:
    4
    Trophy Points:
    206
    Are you saying it isn't expensive? I'm confused. I agree you could get a much cheap router that would very well. I'm not sure what qualities this router has which justify its price tag, but it seems like a long shot to me.
     
    masterchef341, Nov 25, 2011
    #9
  10. Syberia

    Syberia Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    596
    Messages:
    1,611
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    56
    I don't think I've ever paid more than $30-$40 for a router, and they've all worked fine. Had my last one for 4+ years, until I started to need N speeds for home networking.
     
    Syberia, Nov 25, 2011
    #10
  11. Mechanized Menace

    Mechanized Menace Lost in the MYST

    Reputations:
    1,370
    Messages:
    3,110
    Likes Received:
    63
    Trophy Points:
    116
    A Linkysys E4200 is a simultaneous dual band router which has a separate band for each 2.4GHZ and 5GHZ bands. It has a link speed of 300(2.4) + 450(5) MBPS on each band. It also has a guest networks for each band, a USB plug for an external HD or printer, but the reason why people pay so much for it(including me) is performance and range. This thing has massive amounts of throughput, which equals to faster internet performance for everything with extremely far range. Also, it has support for IPv6 and is rather reliable. It also has a lot of features besides the ones I have listed here. Check out Smallnetbuilder.com for more info.
     
    Mechanized Menace, Nov 26, 2011
    #11
  12. DruePhoenix

    DruePhoenix Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    14
    Messages:
    193
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    31
    You get what you pay for, essentially
     
    DruePhoenix, Nov 27, 2011
    #12