Loud Fans on Macbook Pro Retina
I just bought a new Macbook Pro 15" Retina and right out of the box the fans started revving up like a jet engine. I hadn't even opened any programs yet. They slowly ramp up, building to a peak volume in about 5 seconds, last for about a minute, and then ramp back down and stop. Every 5 minutes.
I took the machine into the Apple store and they ran overnight diagnostics and told me that the machine passed all their tests and there was nothing they can do. After dealing with this fiasco for about a week the problem persists. It's too distracting to work with, and since I don't seem to have any other option I am taking advantage of Apple's 14-day return policy.
How many others have had this problem? If you have, please chime in so that Apple engineers will become aware of this issue.
Bottom Line
If you are having the same problem and are within the 14-day return window, do yourself a favor and save the trouble of trying to fix it. As of January 10, Apple engineers are unaware of the problem and the employees of the Apple store are going to tell you there's nothing that they can do. If you are past the 14-day window... the guy at the Apple store told me that the next step would be to bring the computer back to Apple so they can send it to an engineer in Cupertino. This would mean you would be without your precious computer for a week or more. Bummer.
MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)