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Dell offers the OptiPlex 740, a system from its business desktops line, in minitower, desktop (horizontal orientation), and ultracompact versions. The inexpensively configured minitower tested ($1024 as of 05/09/2007) had an inoffensive design, using mostly matte-black plastic but also a few shiny black pieces. The ultracompact version takes up about one-third the space of the minitower, and with an adapter, you can mount it on the back of Dell’s 17-inch LCD monitor to save even more space.

The OptiPlex 740 is far from the fastest Vista system you can buy, but its innovative, quiet case design makes it a top choice among business systems, especially if noise reduction is a priority for your office. An innovative, noise-reducing design makes this minitower system a great choice for offices.

Hard drives mount perpendicularly to the side of the minitower OptiPlex’s case, in plastic sleds with rubber mounts to reduce vibration (though the mounts use less rubber than we used to see in Dell systems). Slots cut into the interior of the OptiPlex 740 case let you slide optical drives in without screws; you simply press a button to pop the front bezel off and release a drive. You can install or uninstall an expansion card rapidly, thanks to a fairly good quick-release adapter; the power supply comes out without tools, too. The case’s side panel pops off when you pull a lever (with a hefty integrated lock) on the top of the case. The OptiPlex 740’s motherboard has an embedded Trusted Platform Module security chip; you can use this chip along with the included software to encrypt passwords and document folders.

Source : MSN

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