Final victory of marketers over engineers?

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msukiwi

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#2162610 17-Jan-2019 15:43

Who cares how it looks - as long as it works.

Does it do what it "Says on the box"?

If something is ugly, even a book will hide it. (No - a book won't hide an ugly car etc, unless you tape the pages over it)

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#2162669 17-Jan-2019 17:12

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I'd like a whole router not one with a hole for price as well!!

Yes you are indeed getting a hole router.

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#2162696 17-Jan-2019 18:38

Batman:

ResponseMediaNZ:

I'd like a whole router not one with a hole for price as well!!

Yes you are indeed getting a hole router.

And there was me thinking you need a drill for holes, and use a router if you want to cut a groove or a bevel.

The Institute of Unfinished Research has concluded that 6 out of 10 people

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#2162713 17-Jan-2019 19:25

Speed holes worked on Homer Simpson's car... they should work on routers.

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#2162802 17-Jan-2019 21:57

Looks like a gateway to an alternate universe. I'd be careful about going near it when it's powered on if I were you!

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#2162811 17-Jan-2019 22:25

antoniosk:
Must be for air cooling..

It's ironic that so many routers could use more cooling..

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#2163050 18-Jan-2019 11:40

Reminds me of the Dilbert cartoon where they invent the "Gruntmaster 2000" and have to name it before even deciding what it actually will be...!

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#2163291 18-Jan-2019 16:02

Looks like some kind of cable management device for your desk.

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#2163341 18-Jan-2019 16:37

Entertainingly I tested one of these devices about a year ago not as a potential option for our customers before we decided it was too ugly.

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