You can beat Foundry switches. Alcatel's new breed. Code names Eagle, Falcon, and Hawk.

But, I agree don't touch the Alcatel 6024, they are manufactured by LiteOn and they suck. Way too much trouble. But the new OmniSwitch line is sweet without a doubt (8000, 7000, 6000, etc.). You get all the capabilities up front without having to buy RSM cards to route (Cisco) and invest in add ons later. Per port cost is a fraction of what Foundry/Cisco/blah blah blah charges. QoS built in plus web manageable and one touch QoS is killer. (I still like to tweak the settings later but as far as setting it up on as many switches as you like from one place is just too cool.

My 2 cents

P.S. they just might be a little big for what CXGJArrod is looking for, but to all you big network admins out there they are worth looking into.