the present invention is to provide a notebook having a mechanism for combining a touch pad and a cd - rom drive in which the cd - rom drive disposed on the notebook is combined with the touch pad disposed on a top surface of the cd - rom drive as a unit in order to eliminate the inconvenience of removing the cable and / or one or more peripheral devices in opening a cd - rom drive in the notebook ; save precious internal space of the housing of the notebook ; and provide an aesthetic , circular touch pad assembly .