4607 has its own computer!

[thatprogrammer]

Originally Posted by Ether

3) is this based on your personal usage pattern, or did you do some market research?



Just food for thought.

Many new cases don't include slots to have these drives, and many many experts I've talked to *people who run tech companies* have said that most clients no longer need or ask for dvd drives in builds.

[Ether]

Originally Posted by thatprogrammer

*people who run tech companies* have said that most clients no longer need or ask for dvd drives in builds.

I don't see L4607 being purchased in large quantities by tech companies or their clients. Target audience is probably largely unaffiliated users.

[ultimate360]

Well, I appreciate the feedback I'm getting here. Seeing that some of you really believe in having a optical drive in your system (really depends on what you use it for), I will be adding a customization option on the website where you can choose to add a drive or not, and choose to add more ram, different processor, ect... But the model on Amazon will remain in there and it will be the base model of the L4607. I appreciate this feedback, I will add the customization options for your satisfaction.

As for a FRC discount, i'm sure that can be arranged

[AlexanderTheOK]

Yeah I hate to beat a dead horse, but I have one in my laptop and I wouldn't give it up for a day even with my 60mbps down. The few of my friends with computers that don't have optical disk drives all bought external usb disk drives.

[ultimate360]

Originally Posted by AlexanderTheOK

Yeah I hate to beat a dead horse, but I have one in my laptop and I wouldn't give it up for a day even with my 60mbps down. The few of my friends with computers that don't have optical disk drives all bought external usb disk drives.

Thanks for the feedback, it's things like this that build a company. I will state that my source for the info regarding that disk drives are not used as much anymore is from local experience with clients. Very few people wanted a disk drive, and many folks had dead drives that they didn't want repaired from systems that they had me repair for them. I've been at this for about 4 years now and that's where I have collected my stats.

[Aren Siekmeier]

Originally Posted by AlexanderTheOK

Yeah I hate to beat a dead horse, but I have one in my laptop and I wouldn't give it up for a day even with my 60mbps down. The few of my friends with computers that don't have optical disk drives all bought external usb disk drives.

I had one in my laptop, but just removed it because I never use it and the driver kept spinning it up for no reason. Marginally reduces weight too

But I do have some boot discs that I might need to use at some point, so I'll be popping the drive back in for that. Easier than making a bootable USB. Not sure if my mobo is new enough for that anyway.