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I want to buy a Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13 laptop for my birthday and this will also be the laptop I will take to college next year and it doesn't have the drive where you put in disks. What is a good USB cd/dvd drive that I should buy and is compatible with the laptop so I can download stuff from CD's, watch movies, and also play the Sims 3 games (lol), etc...
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I looked up the laptop that you are planning to buy and it has both a USB 3.0 and a USB 2.0 port, so basically any external cd/dvd drive that works via USB will work.
If you are not going to burn disks but only want to do the things you mentioned then all you need is a ROM drive and that is great because those are the least expensive. Here is one that reads Blue Ray disks and is under $25: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA2C50YW4972
Where you buy is perhaps more important than brand name because even top name brands will sometimes have a defect and it's just convenient to buy from a place with a good return/exchange policy, so Best Buy is great if one is near you, but if you will be buying online and using mail, then Newegg.com and Tigerdirect.com are at the least trusted and highly reputable businesses.
Here is a convenient link to an external Blueray DVD/CD burner: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/8x-external-usb-2-0-3d-blu-ray-disc-double-layer-dvd-177rw-cd-rw-drive/3794001.p?id=1218432163829&skuId=3794001&st=External%20blue%20ray&cp=1&lp=1
It is surprisingly easy for your stuff to get "lost" or stolen while on the go, so even though the external drive is easily portable, it's just better to have a policy of leaving it at home or in the dorm where you use it and secure it with a cable lock or disguise it with play-doh and don't carry it in the same case as your laptop. That's just my experience.
Something else you might consider buying as an accessory is a docking station. This lets you use multiple monitors, wired ethernet, external speakers, multiple external drives, keyboard, mouse, printer, scanner, etc. all set up on your desktop and you just plug in one USB 3.0 port and it's all set up and just unplug that one port to go in a flash.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834978245
I looked up the laptop that you are planning to buy and it has both a USB 3.0 and a USB 2.0 port, so basically any external cd/dvd drive that works via USB will work.
If you are not going to burn disks but only want to do the things you mentioned then all you need is a ROM drive and that is great because those are the least expensive. Here is one that reads Blue Ray disks and is under $25: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA2C50YW4972
Where you buy is perhaps more important than brand name because even top name brands will sometimes have a defect and it's just convenient to buy from a place with a good return/exchange policy, so Best Buy is great if one is near you, but if you will be buying online and using mail, then Newegg.com and Tigerdirect.com are at the least trusted and highly reputable businesses.
Here is a convenient link to an external Blueray DVD/CD burner: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/8x-external-usb-2-0-3d-blu-ray-disc-double-layer-dvd-177rw-cd-rw-drive/3794001.p?id=1218432163829&skuId=3794001&st=External%20blue%20ray&cp=1&lp=1
It is surprisingly easy for your stuff to get "lost" or stolen while on the go, so even though the external drive is easily portable, it's just better to have a policy of leaving it at home or in the dorm where you use it and secure it with a cable lock or disguise it with play-doh and don't carry it in the same case as your laptop. That's just my experience.
Something else you might consider buying as an accessory is a docking station. This lets you use multiple monitors, wired ethernet, external speakers, multiple external drives, keyboard, mouse, printer, scanner, etc. all set up on your desktop and you just plug in one USB 3.0 port and it's all set up and just unplug that one port to go in a flash.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834978245
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