Would you please let me know how it went? I came
back from a local Apple Authorized Dealer and they
told me the noise is 'normal' drive chatter. There
is nothing they can do for me...
So what to do? Return it and pay the re-stocking
fee, or swap out the drive?
Hi WeaponX... I printed this thread and took it to the OTHER Apple store in town (ahhh big city choices..) They immediately pulled out a new machine, firewired the data & profiles across and sent me packing with a quiet version of the 17" Core Duo.
THAT is what Apple service is supposed to be about.
(FYI the 1st one did have the Seagate drive, although my noise was more like RFI static from the speakers below)