External CD drive – A wise purchase?

I purchased a powerful Samsung netbook last year and I’ve been very pleased with the features and technology it packs into such a small machine.

It has left me questioning why people spend so much on a laptop with more features – after all surely the point in buying something portable is that you carry it around with you.

Try doing that with some of the oversized, jack-of-all-trade machines you find nowadays and you’ll do your back in.

However, one thing that the netbook does without is a DVD/CD drive. I’m currently looking to buy one in the sales and almost made the purchase yesterday but was left wondering if I really need such a thing.

All my music is downloaded these days and most software arrives in the same way, so will I get the use out of it?