A:Answer It's a netbook.
Netbooks do not have cd drives or dvd drives, thus the reason why they are so small and able to run for 8 hours without being plugged up to a wall outlet. No CD = less things sucking away precious battery life.
If you need a cd / dvd drive you can pick up a USB drive for this unit.
I also suggest you pick up a 8 gig or 16 gig flash drive and use the built in utilities to create a System Restore Flash Drive, before you get hit by a virus, etc. Tis the season.