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So after many calls to techincal support about my whine issue, they finally told me to go to my local apple store and have a genius look at the machine.
So I made the long drive and finally found myself sitting at the bar with a Mac genius. He listen to my whine, played with his machine, read a few articles and came back. His basically told me that the whine is normal. I then told him that none of the cpu's in his store have the whine and that mine shouldnt be any different. He responded by saying that some whine, some don't. There was nothing they could do for me.
I was told I could return it and have them send me another one, but there was no guarantee it would be a whiner or not. However, since there is no real problem, I would have to pay the shipping fee. I was not all that impressed.
The Genius also told me that the bendy corners I had on my machine were normal. He said that all metal powerbooks do that when they are getting used to the new climate, but after a few months, it molds normally.
Does anybody besides me think this genius was on crack or not telling me the full truth? I'd appreciate your opinions...

I have a pretty general question. I don't know if this is the place to relay it, but, here it goes. What does a person look at when they go and look at the MBP? Or any other computer per se? I just got back from the Apple Store at Rosedale Mall in St Paul Minnesota. I was looking at the new MBP and was just wondering what I should do to really check out the machine. To start out, I asked the guru, what the manufacture date on these machines was..........duh, I don't know, he said. So I flipped the computer over and removed the battery and proceded to teach him the code for the mfg. date.(Which I learned on this forum) He was really taken aback when I told him where it was built, the year and the mfg week. I then asked him about the "whine" issue..........duh, I never heard of it, he said. What do these people do when not trying to pawn these computers? I thought that that was part of the sales requirement, to know something that was up to date with the equipment they are selling.
So I thought I'd vent here a little and use this post to do it in. Sorry, if I went out of line about this on this topic. I just didn't know how to check out the MBP, and thought that the people that sell them would know what to look for.
Thanks:
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