This is for my workplace office to replace my 8 year old Lenovo - desktop (more reliable?) used for facility data mgmt and "normal" tasks. Will be a Dell Optiplex with 13th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-13500 ,Windows 11 Pro, Intel® Integrated Graphics , 16 GB DDR5, 512 GB SSD .
My bias is towards their "small form factor" 11.42 in. H x 3.65 in. W, x 11.53 in. . D vs tower 12.77 in. H x 6.06 in. W x 11.5 in. D ...........2.4 inch wider the only discrepancy I ponder.
My (old man) decision comes down to DVD drive: built in 8x DVD+/-RW 9.5mm Optical Disk Drive vs. portable Dell USB Slim DVD±RW drive - DW316 With such low usage of DVD drive, is the built in one still more desireable, more dependable, etc.?
Here's the specs : https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/compare?ocs=s007domtusvp,s009dosffphusvp,s015dosffusvp $819 vs. $939 vs. $1069 (cost not relevant).
Any other specs. to compare??? Thanks so much.
My bias is towards their "small form factor" 11.42 in. H x 3.65 in. W, x 11.53 in. . D vs tower 12.77 in. H x 6.06 in. W x 11.5 in. D ...........2.4 inch wider the only discrepancy I ponder.
My (old man) decision comes down to DVD drive: built in 8x DVD+/-RW 9.5mm Optical Disk Drive vs. portable Dell USB Slim DVD±RW drive - DW316 With such low usage of DVD drive, is the built in one still more desireable, more dependable, etc.?
Here's the specs : https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/compare?ocs=s007domtusvp,s009dosffphusvp,s015dosffusvp $819 vs. $939 vs. $1069 (cost not relevant).
Any other specs. to compare??? Thanks so much.