Processor noise through headphone jack

Do people still have the old processor hum on the headphone jack? Mine seems to be gone after an SMC reset and RAM upgrade a few months ago. Thoughts? Will it come back?
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Er... yes.
I got my iMac yesterday after 10 years of Windows PCs, one I.T. job too many & having a Mac mini for 10 days!
When it comes to audio I found with most PCs you'd get some noise - clicks and whirrs and whines and hisses. Even my main PC's fairly high-end Audigy 2 ZS sound card had some slight noise.
So, one thing that really impressed me with the Mac mini (apart from its size and cuteness!) was the complete absence of electrical noise or interference from the headphone socket, even with the volume on full.
However, after getting my iMac home, spending an hour in gobsmacked awe at the sheer beauty of it, then plugging in my headphones to diddle about with Garageband without annoying my green-with-envy flatmate, I was very disappointed to hear some low but noticeable electrical noise - alternating between a hiss and whine.
Usually this was only really noticeable when no sound was playing, but after 10 minutes wearing headphones for general usage it did get a bit grating. Even with the volume turned right up and down the level of the noise didn't change.
Looking at the system profiler it says that it uses an Intel High Definition Audio chip - this is probably the same one as used on (admittedly, better quality) Intel PC motherboards.
Oh.
Dear.
And there was I thinking I was spending £1,299 on something different and more special.
But have I regretted selling my main PC for £650 (it cost me £1000 to build less than a month ago! And thats without a monitor!)? Naaah... OS X over Windows any day! It's like owning an Amiga again (but thats another story!)
Anyway, what sound chip does the Mac mini and the iMac G5 have? And is anybody else noticing the electrical noise with the Intel iMac? And is there anything I can do about it without having to show my reddening face at the Apple Store again?
20" iMac Intel Mac OS X (10.4.5)

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