Linked by JoanneRodgers on Thu 15th May 2008 23:02 UTC
In a June 2003 Wired Magazine interview, Martha Stewart said, "Bill Gates' house, for example, is totally out of date now. He built it right before wireless happened. The big tunnels for all his wires - he doesn't need any of that stuff anymore." The article wasn't about networking, or even technology, but I was struck by that statement because it was echoed by several people when I was explaining that I was running many thousands of feet of cable in OSNews' "house of the future." "Is all that cable really necessary now that there's wireless everything?" people said. As much as I respect Martha Stewart's business and design acumen, neither she, nor those people who talked to me, know what they're talking about. When it comes to networking, there's no substitute for a wire, when a wire's available. -- This is the latest entry in our 2008 Article Contest. 
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Wifi is definately about some people liking shiny things but there are uses beyond "I have it becuase it's the latest thing".
In the case of my N800, macbook and thinkpad that move around the house freely; wifi makes more sense. They are not doing heavy network transers and more of a hassle when bound to a leash. In some cases like historic buildings and homes, pulling wire is not possible.
Wired is definately better if you don't need mobility as it will always be more secure and faster. If the notebooks need to move a large amount of data then they can both attach too a cable feed. I also wouldn't dream of putting a storage or media center server on the network without a wire. Naturally, wired gaming hardware will always be a step up from wireless for most of the same reasons.
Really, it's about the right transport medium for the specific use. wifi gives you adhoc and mobile setups, wire gives you spead and security.