<div dir="ltr">I stopped including them a few years ago. Just keep a couple of external USB DVD-ROM drives at the circ/reference desk for the occasional one-offs that needs one. An external DVD-ROM drive might cost you in the vicinity of $50, but the cost of an internal DVD-ROM might cost in the vicinity of $25. So after dis-including the internal drives on two or three computers per external USB drive you buy, you'll start saving money.<div><br></div><div>They rarely get used in my libraries. I think the staff actually use them more than the patrons...which isn't really saying much. Had one library lose a USB drive and didn't know it for many months...nobody asked for it!</div><div><br></div><div>I'm working with mostly single branch, smaller libraries. YMMV.</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>______________________________<br><b>Chad Neeper</b><br><font size="1">Senior Systems Engineer</font><br><br><b>Level 9 Networks</b><br><font size="1">740-548-8070 (voice)<br>866-214-6607 (fax)</font><br><br><font size="1"><i>Full IT/Computer consulting services -- Specialized in libraries and schools</i></font><br></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 11:09 AM, Fred Miller Jr via OPLINTECH <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:oplintech@lists.oplin.org" target="_blank">oplintech@lists.oplin.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Has anyone that orders computers for libraries decided to get computers without optical drives yet?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">We are in the process of updating computers and I don’t see a lot of patrons using them anymore since software, music, videos and backups are being delivered over the Internet or through digital downloads.
I have already seen most libraries making the switch over to SSD drives instead of using HDD drive. I guess it would make more sense to get a computer with a smaller footprint with a security attachment and then opt in for a couple of external optical drives
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