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Answer:This is a problem which plagues the buyers of Notebooks (Netbooks, Mini's, whatever you want to call them). Simply because of lack of space, Notebooks, as opposed to Laptops, do not have CD/DVD drives....There just isn't enough room.

But don't fret - If you need to install software, using another computer, copy the ENTIRE contents of the CD onto a thumb drive (USB memory stick), one preferably 2GB or larger. Then insert the thumb drive on your net book, and install the software from there. (there are of course limitations to this due to the size of the thumb drive)

Now... if you actually want to play a DVD movie.. well.... that's why they invented DVD players... :-)

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