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I think its funny people like habadasher has said "Dell may sell printers but they do not make them, they are merely re-branded from other manufacturers!" I don't know if that is true or not. I think it used to be when they first got in but they actually are winning lots of awards for their printers from what I've seen and if they were just re-brands - wouldn't those awards apply to those printers too - yet they weren't in there. So, I'll claim ignorance on that topic - but I don't think that is entirely accurate. But saying that something is just a rebrand or not made by that company that sells it is just ignorant. Did you know that Dell and HP sell the same monitor? The Apple Cinema display and Dell 2407 (now the 2408) use the same panel from samsung? The bezel is different on the Apple making it only 23" where its 24 on the Dell. Yup - same exact panel. The panels on the Apples and Dell notebooks are the same in some instances. Why? Because there are only a few mfg's of LCD glass in the world. Did you also know that Apple DESIGNS the Ipod but has another company Manufacture them for them? Read the back of your Ipod some day - "Designed in California - made in China" The idea that Dell has nothing else to offer than some dull grey boxes hasn't been to Dell.com in probably about 5 years or so. If you want to use the old argument that they don't make some of their own products - neither does apple. Or HP. And the argument that Dell doesn't make some of the peripherals they sell as a reason for Dell possibly failing in the future -- uhm...has anyone heard of Newegg.com or CDW.com? They do TONS of peripherals business and they don't make a single computer they sell. And I think they do pretty well for themselves.