The best way to load software onto a MacBook Pro Retina?

Hi there I am new to a MacBook Pro Retina (as you know, without DVD drive) - when I recently purchased it I asked the Apple staff about loading external s/w and they said 'no problem'. I am still not sure how to do it - my desktop unit (with DVD drive) is a Windows PC. I have searched the forum and net for answers to what I thought would be a common issue for other users but no luck. I today bought Adobe Elements for Mac and want to install it. Any help gratefully received, many thanks, Sean

thanks very much Clinton - yes, good point re downloading s/w - unfortunately I live in a remote place in Australia and download speeds are such that often such downloads 'time out'. Also, we struggle to ever get any responses out of Adobe (I use PS etc) so it is a safer bet to buy the s/w on disc.
I did however learn of a way to install s/w remotely - from the excellent Apple Joint Venture crew and I should share it in case it is of help to others:
insert target s/w disc from which you want to install s/w in the PC's DVD drive
Click on the PC's 'Start' button, then 'Control Panel', then 'Harware and Sound' and then click on 'DVD/CD sharing options'
then tick box for 'Enable DVD or CD sharing' & untick box for 'Ask me before allwoing others to use my DVD drive'
Once that is done your MacBook Retina should see the device in its Finder under 'Other devices' and you can proceed to install the s/w from there. It certainly worked for me. It is like magic.
Hope I haven't missed any crucial steps but I am sure you get the drift! The main thing is that it can be done!
Now what I would like to do is to read songs off CDs placed in my PC DVD drive into iTunes on my MacBook . . . . . if only! Anyone know how???
thanks, Sean

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