Newbie to mac need help

Let me preface by saying I'm completely new to the world of mac, I got an emac 1ghz for $50, I don't have an apple keyboard I'm using a regular windows based keyboard by that I mean I don't have any apple keys on my keyboard. Here's my problem, I can't see the Super drive on the desktop or on the side tab when I use finder. I put in the World of Warcraft dvd thinking it would just auto launch and it doesn't. I don't know how to go into the drive and run it and I cant find it anywhere. When I got to system profiler I can see it says I have one and I managed to put a little eject button on the top by the clock, but whenever I put a disk in regardless of the format I can never find it. I'm having a real hard time using the forums because I don't know how to navigate through mac OS and the lack of the apple keyboard doesn't make things any easier. I'm completely proficient in windows and I really want to give mac a shot but I'm finding it incredibly hard to make the transition, can anyone help?

Make sure you are using a Mac version of World of Warcraft, otherwise your computer will not play it. Also, Macs rarely use autorun on games and applications. You may experience trouble using a Mac on a day-to-day basis without a Macintosh keyboard, as Windows keyboards do not have 'eject' keys, or keys for Expose or the Dashboard. If you are completely new to Mac I suggest you take a look at http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/ and watch all the tutorials. You have not specified which version of Mac OS you use.

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