Disapointed with my MacBook ... happier with my iBook.

Hi all,
So .... maybe the subject is a bit of a stretch. I love the form factor of the Macbook, as well as the speed. This thing screams .... 2.0ghz, 2gig ram, 7200rpm drive ... you wouldn't expect anything less.
Current disapointments:
1. The WHINE ... I know its not a big deal under normal circumstances, but try lying in bed working on something while your wife is trying to sleep ... the whine is anoying ... and for $2900 plus tax, you really don't expect that. I know you can run some stuff in the background to get rid of it (photobooth etc), but then you really don't have much battery life.
2. Battery life. My 800mhz G4 ibook has better battery life. Nuf said !!
3. Some weird issues with my airport card .... simply will not autoconnect to my prefered network ... regardless of what I try.
4. L key is not reliable. Misses one out of every four tries.
5. As a windows convert, I feel doubly handi capped. Not only are there less programs available, but now I'm sitting here waiting for universal apps to come out ..... I guess thats what I get for being a 1st gen adopter.
Anyway ... if anybody has any suggestions for items 1 or 3, that would be great. Items 2, 4, and 5 are other issues all together.
All in all, I feel like my money would have been better off in the bank for six months while apple fixed their issues.
Blue

I received my MacBook Pro in early March and soon discovered the annoying inverter whine and a left fan that wouldn't shut off. I assume the unit also had the processor whine, but I was unable to tell because the inverter noise was sooo overpowering. I took it to the Portland Pioneer Place Apple Store and Joseph (the Genius) told me the computer was defective. Twenty some days later I'm still waiting for a new replacement unit to arrive (Apple wouldn't replace it straight-up at the store because I bought it through a reseller, so I dealt with the customer relations department, politely demanding that Apple send me a new unit, which they did).
Ever since early March I've been paying attention to the various discussion boards and have concluded that a software update will NOT prove to be an effective solution for the processor whine. I don't know where it all started, but it seems that everyone is banking on Apple to release a software update to fix a hardware related problem. If anything, Apple will release an update that keeps the processor cores running at all times- enough to eliminate the whine. Such a patch will only unnecessarily consume processor power, slowing the machine down, consuming extra battery power, and making the unit run hotter.
So, to all you MacBook Pro owners who can't operate your machine in a quiet room, you need to contact Apple and DEMAND that Apple remedy the situation. Further, you need to contact all your favorite mac/non mac sites and make this problem more known, encouraging site owners and bloggers to post stories about the whine. Without negative press, Apple will likely do nothing more than releasing a band-aid of a softare update for a hardware problem.
That's my two cents.

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