The drive is quite easy, therefore no problem at all, yet quickly to grab the whole thing in an emergency in the notebook case.
Concerns should be one that you need at least two USB ports that must forcibly are adjacent. The Y-cable is very short. In operation, the drive is hot, but this is completely normal.
When burning program I recommend CDBurnerXP. Is freeware and offers all basic functions.
All in all absolutely thrilled. Exactly what I wanted!