New MBP owner

Hi, I just recieved my macbook pro and am very happy with it.
Not bragging but people have been questioning how the machines run.
So here is my data:
its a week 27
2.16ghz
CTO with 2 gigs of ram
120 gig hard drive
matte screen
no whine
no moo
Display is evenly illuminated
Finish is great
Been running temperature monitor and while the machine does get hot along the function keys (mostly at F5-F7) and on the left back side by the ac plug.
Temperatures state about 40 C for the hard drive and up to almost 60 C for the processors. Though the housing feels much warmer than that.
My question is that I cannot tell if the fans are coming on or not. I have been using an old notebook cooling pad that keeps all temperatures under 40 C during my uses, so far iDVD, iMovie, surfing, and some chess.
I do not feel any kind of breeze coming from the vents and the only noise I hear is the hard drive. Any way of me finding out. With the exception of opening my machine and looking while its turned on.
On a side note and probably just one more observation to chuck into the whine bucket but here goes:
I have a DVR that uses a SATA drive and it has a really annoying whine. Just wondering if there might be a link between the drive and whine issues. Granted I am a total newbie to any of this but just thought I throw it in to the more experienced members of this forum.
Thank you in advance for any replies.
iMac G4, MBP 2.17 Mac OS X (10.4.6)
iMac G4 Mac OS X (10.4.6)
Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Hello,
Congratulate on new MBP... but be aware!
I had the same configuration as yours, but 1GB RAM and 100GB HDD. 1st and 2nd day it was OK, very silent and I even posted about this out there. But on the 3rd day, the whine cropped up and I am in the process of sending it in, to exchange for a new one, hopefully week 28 whine-free and hotless one.
And don't forget to check the temperature, I used CoreDuo Temp and although I got 65C at peak time running Pro App. like FCS, burning some DVD, it actually got really really hot and somehow, as hot as 80C at the bottom of the case.
Anyway, keep checking on everything within your first 15 days as you can exchange it for the new one (hope the better one)
Cheers,
James

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The Diablo and Starcraft issue has been recognized by Blizzard and they are working with Apple:
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Hello all,
This seems to be a problem! I wonder if it will be similar with the new iMacs that are coming out with this new processor!
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Hello-
I am configuring a new 17" MBP. I have a ton of questions mostly because I stopped updating the OS at Tiger 10.4.11. Due to being accepted into a grad.school of architecture, panning, and preservation earlier than I thought, I will not be able to do what I was planning. that was learning Leopard on a friend's computer while taking what I thought was my last upper division course and having the basics of that OS, and having SL on the new 17" MPB for school. which I am now starting 4 months before I thought.
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BTW, if anybody has come across some rude or strange posts using this Profile Name, I have been having trouble with my 2 sons doing this stuff. I have a rule that all computers are open to anybody as long as they ask if they can use it and do not snoop around looking for personal stuff. One of them found this site and ...well, long story but I am trying to deal with it like my family deals with problems like this--not the typical way most families will deal with this, but I know it will stop now.

You can't edit a post after anyone else has responded to it, and you can't ever completely delete it — but during the short time it's available for editing (30 minutes or so, if no one has responded), you can delete all the text from it.
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I've got a MBP that arrived in early March. And I've got the CPU whine and, since the latest firmware update, heat issues. Yet I'll still post as a happy MBP owner! The machine ROCKS...I've used XP on other laptops, mostly IBM ThinkPads, which are also nice machines, and also Linux. My other laptop is currently an IBM T43 ThinkPad with Fedora Core 5. None of them hold a candle to the Mac's stability, performance (hello, I can listen to iTunes and NOT have it stutter or hiccup when I try to do other things), and overall jam-packed-full-of-features OS and hardware.
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, I was going to downgrade the hardrive on the mbp from 320 gigs ATA at 5400 to the 250 gig ATA at 7200 to save a few bucks. Now this is actually an upgrade in quality/speed..correct? because the speed is now 7200 as compared to 5400? So it will preform better than the orriginal 320 at 5400?
The 250 will perform faster then the 320 because of the rotational speeds
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There will always be a faster computer coming out in a few months. If you need/want one in December buy it then. Intel is only going to provide an update (speed bump) to its penryn line next year sometime and will be releasing the Nahelem i7 mobile chipset until Q4 2009 or Q1 2010 which means in all likelihood apple will not be using the next generation chips until 2010. Buy now (or December) because the product line was just updated and the next update is quite a bit down the road
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Cook Book wrote:
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