Dual monitors on my new macBook pro 15" non retina with OS 10.8.4

I have 2 x Dell 24" LED monitors left over from my work Dell laptop set up and i have now switched to an Apple macbook pro 15" but need to be able to connect the best way possible to these monitors which have DVI and VGA connections,ive seen so many and USB3 seems the way to go but no real thumbs up reviews, this must not be just me that needs this, can anyone help?

RajatTyagi,
the most common cause of that message is an incomplete download. For example, try downloading the standalone Flash Player installer from here. If it doesn’t run on your MacBook Pro, what size is the downloaded disk image file?

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