I'm headed there for both.... but mostly the swag! I promised the guys I work with that I'd bring back plenty of swag to share with them since they aren't able to come.

If by swag you mean this, then the swag. Otherwise I've had my fill of pens, knick knacks, odd LED things and plastic bags.  I'm interested in hearing about your blade offerings as well, and as a dell customer, I want to know why I want to migrate to that and away from the odds and ends that I'm currently running.  I also want to know why my sales staff never tells me about the bulk discounts from VMware, thus driving my licensing dollars elsewhere.

No ones going to argue with the chance to win a free laptop.  Oddly enough, I speced one of those out last night and it came in at just over 2K.

As an aside, I'd have been more interested in trying to win 1 of 4 mini's as opposed to 1of 1 super latitudes.  It is Vegas, gotta work the odds

-Theron

Well, my schedule is full, and I won't be attending any of the Dell breakout sessions.  I was responsible for my company's purchase of Dell/Equallogic storage, will likely recommend more, and have influence on the purchase of other hardware.

Guess your marketing department doesn't want me to bother coming by the booth, since I can only win stuff if I go to a breakout?

I guess I've never understood the logic behind marketing decisions.

Yeah, it's reason enough.  But I'm still bitter I can't win something there.  Maybe I'll steal your pen and we'll call it even.  

I think there are multiple powers at work here: 

1) cool tech to see

2) cool tech to maybe win. 

While the idea of winning an iSCSI array for my very own is intriguing,  there's a limit to what's acceptable to "cool" tech that is actually functional @ home.  My wife would think it was the epitome of "uncool" after seeing the first electrical bill with it online.

I'll be by to see your iSCSI array offerings with my work hat on, but no bones about it, I'm signing up to win a laptop with the full assumption that in the off chance that I win, that new laptop falls well within the acceptable range of "cool".

(This argument excludes a friend of mine and people like him that think that using a server rack full of equipment in your basement is a completely reasonable way to heat your house in the winter.)

-Theron