External Drive to play DVDs on Macbook Air

Does anyone have a recommendation of which external drive to purchase for my Macbook air so I can play my DVDs and load Microsoft Office onto my Macbook Air?

It's a subjective questions since each user will have preferences that vary from one to another. I have an Apple External Superdrive for the MacBook Air. I tend to favor the matching asthetics and support. Many "generic" external drives will work just fine. I have a Toshiba external for one of my netbooks, and it works too.
Realize that the Apple unit will not function on any other computer, if that is important to you. It runs $79.00, which is a tad more pricey than your "run-of-the-mill" external DVD.

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