Patent ID: 6208506
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
A portable computer comprising:a. a main housing having a generally rectangular shaped body with a periphery surrounding the body and at least four sidewalls, each sidewall having a thickness throughout the periphery of the housing;b. a display screen hingeably connected to a rear of said body of said main housing;c. a CD-ROM/DVD drive mechanism located within said body of said main housing and having an optical head and a spindle motor for rotating a media disc, where the spindle motor is located adjacent to said periphery of said main housing; andd. a CD cartridge slot located on a respective two of said at least four sidewalls of said body at a distance which is half the thickness of a respective one of said at least four sidewalls for providing an access opening to said CD-ROM/DVD drive mechanism, the access opening having a size for receiving the media disc therein such that the media disc partially extends into and out of said body of said housing which is sightly more than the radius of said media disc while said CD-ROM/DVD drive mechanism is operating;e. whereby said CD-ROM/DVD drive mechanism takes up a small area within said main housing of said portable computer.