Once you acquire your unit simply plug it into your USB drive, pop in your copy of Dragon NaturallySpeaking or Dragon Medical and you’re ready to begin installation. You can also get one for as cheap as $30 on Amazon or Newegg if you have time to wait. If you have a Mac, don’t waste your money on Apple’s $80 model. A Portable USB drive is the best way to do those things without an internal disc drive.Īs far as purchasing your external DVD drive, your local electronics store such as Best Buy will have what you need in stock at a reasonable price. That said, there are still situations in which they can come in handy-like when you’re trying to install Dragon NaturallySpeaking or Dragon Medical, ripping one of your own CDs, or when you want to watch a movie on your laptop. They don’t come with DVD drives inside, but the fact of the matter is that most of us rarely use disc drives these days. They’re light, super portable, and can handle almost any modern task you throw at them. Apples Macbook Pro is another example of a highly popular machine with no DVD drive. A lot of laptops are coming without DVD drives these days, like the super-thin ultrabooks or Microsoft’s new Surface Pro 3.
