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Question: My Asus laptop does not have a DVD drive.  Will I be able to install software?
Document: I bought an ASUS with no internal DVD drive because it was $300 cheaper than the cheapest one with the DVD drive, figuring I'd be able to get an external Drive for a lot cheaper. And I was right It works great. Even using only the main USB hook-up I haven't had any problems with it except a single skip when I dropped it and the laptop on a hardwood floor.
I'm a fan of ASUS products. Have been using their many products for years. This was a nifty item I purchased used to support a tiny ASUS netbook I have. It just plugs in and works. You can quickly install the software, and in a few minutes you can be watching a DVD on a computer that does not have a DVD drive. It's a nice slim design- could be thinner, but I like the aesthetics and the size gives it some style.
I broke the internal DVD drive in my computer so I needed an inexpencive replacement. It booted up right away when I pluged it into my Asus all-in-one computer using a powered USB port. Now I am not a computer geek and don't do a bunch of fancy stuff with my computer but this drive has done all that the original drive would do and is easier to install the DVDs into that what came with my computer and fits conveniently under the display screen where its easy to access.
Plugged it into my Asus Windows 8 touch screen laptop and it worked like a charm. Loaded a couple old software titles and everything was good in the world. Required zero driver updates or messing around to get it to work...truly plugged in and it worked. Highly recommend.
My laptop is too thin to support a built-in cd drive. This was easy to use. I plugged in it and it worked immediately with no software download. I used this to play Skyrim which is a pretty large game, so I know it can handle more than just an audio cd. I'm very happy I bought this.
On first inspection this drive seems flimsy, and it is somewhat. It's basically the electronics of a drive with a plastic case, pretty light. The tray simply pops open but does not extend to allow access. You have to pull the tray open. I was cautious at first as I was afraid I'd pull the tray out of the case. Takes a little practice to seat a disk in the tray.I didn't install any software, though it came with a software disk.
Hooked up the ASUS external tray loading drive via Y USB connector to my 2011 iMac (running Snow Leopard OSX 10.6.8) and was able to view old mini-photo CDs (taken on an old Sony Mavica digital camera from 2003-2004). The executable setup file on the CD start up disk is useless and will not open on the Mac OSX, so just plug the drive in as instructed on the quick install schematic.
I purchased this item after the optical drive in my MacBook Pro Early 2011 failed, and the Apple Store quoted me over a $100 to replace.. I said no. I just replaced the optical drive with a much more needed new HDD, leading me to buy this Asus. I have used it a few times since to load software and burn a disk, and all the instances this worked as I expected.
if you have a retina macpro 15&#34; like me & you need a optic drive this will do it but the software came with this sucks and if you go to asus website no help ether, no downloadable drive what so ever but you can download some 3rd party app to make it work.
Exactly what I needed, as my new laptop had no DVD drive. Pretty easy to set up, of course didn't work at first. but eventually did. I would buy it again!
Answer: Yes. I can't remember if we just plugged it in and it worked or if we downloaded it online, but it works.  We bought this BECAUSE our daughter's laptop didn't have a dvd drive and it works great with it.