Cisco WS-C3548-XL-EN price question

in CCNA & CCENT
I have the oportunity to pick up a couple of WS-C3548-XL-EN for $40 each from a guy I know. I know thats a good price but would these switches be a good part of a lab for my ccna. I do not currently have any switches, just a 2611 and 2501 router.
thanks for the input
thanks for the input
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On the 3500XL's, you cannot do ssh, port group interfaces, etherchannel configuration is limited, port sec mac agiging, bpdu guard, multicast, rstp, mstp, those are just some things remember at the top of my head theirs alot more.
Their is alot of commands you'll find in the 3500XL that are there, but they simply just dont work. You'll type them in right even if you use the ? and they are correct, it will give you "invalid input detected"
hope this helps