Do the new macbooks have a CPU whine?

the new ones? yesss. not as bad as the first gen though - I've had both and the first gen was definitely louder. but yes, the new ones have it too.

It can't be any louder than your eMac's fan!

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Got mine in Feb. No whine.

Some have it some don't.... depends on the oem manufacturer of apple (which they don't approve of having it discussed here)

Mostly its quiet... unless on youtubes or full flash related websites.

It can't be any louder than your eMac's fan!

Point taken, my friend's eMac completely drowns out the whine from my own MacBook. :P

I have never heard of CPU whine. What exactly is CPU whine?

Prof. 🙂

It's an incredibly annoying sound that the Intel Core [2] Duo processors make when they're idle. It's just a high-pitched whine.

Oh. My C2D doesn't whine; at least I've never heard any whining. However, my MB doesn't have much to whine about.

Prof. 🙂

Both my Core Duo as my Core 2 Duo do whine...

most guys just don't hear it due that they are to old (sorry). Ask young guys/girls (up till 25 you can hear these frequencies).

I am NOT old, I'm eighteen.

Prof. 🙂

Some people have more sensitive hearing than others. When I repaired televisions back in the 70's, a lot of high voltage transformers in TVs gave off a high-frequency vibration that would bother a lot of customers--young and old.

So, if you hear a whine, look at the bright side, you have great hearing!

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No, my MacBook does not whine.

My iMac G5 has an almost impercepable whine, which I never noticed until I tried really hard to listen for it.

Some people are also very neurotic about noises, whereas others will not be conscious of the same noise, even if they can hear it they don't consciously notice it. I live with the neurotic type, that's how I know, haha.

I'm a kid (younger than Prof and older than my little sister, if that's a hint) and I can hear a lot of electronic stuff. TVs make an awful sound to me, muted or unmuted - even when they're off I can hear them buzzing a teeny bit, so you can imagine how bad the whine is to me. I can even hear my friend's iPod whining sometimes (if it's really loud to her) - and she can hear her dad's hard drives spinning up from across her house all the time. Not fun for either of us :/

Ok. I listened REAL hard and even put my hear to the keyboard. I can hear the CPU whining. To me it sounds like a high pitched buzzing.

Also, just like aqua*star, I too can hear televisions whining.

I also see dead people... LOL... I'm just kidding.

Prof. 🙂