Week 12 MBP, has the whine gone.......

does anybody have a week 12 mbp with the whine? reports so far say it has gone.
check here to see what week yours was made
http://www.chipmunk.nl/klantenservice/applemodel.html

I just took delivery of my Week 12 (W8612...) MacBook Pro today (2.16Ghz, 120GB hard drive, 2GB RAM BTO)
Like many others, I had been reading with dread of the many problems others have been experiencing. I also had experience with a Rev A iMac G5 which made a terrible noise and had to be sent back, so I was fearing the worst.
Glad to say, so far, so good...
- No perceptible whine at all, I've tried putting my head to the keyboard and turning off the second processor using the CHUD tools, doing the "mirror widget" and "photo booth" trick, and I don't perceive any differences. (I'm 37 years old, if that tells you anything about my hearing!)
- No noise from the screen when reducing or increasing brightness. When I first got the machine, I was a bit freaked out because there seemed to be faint black "clouds" to the left and top of the screen, but these have now completely disappeared after a day's use - I think the screen just needed to "breath" and warm up after being in the box.
- The left hand part of the machine does get warm / hot when charging the battery, but it then just remains warm / cool once the charge is complete. Certainly not uncomfortable for typing, would be uncomfortable for extended periods on your lap (I have bought an iLap for this purpose, works very well!)
- Speakers sound very good, no distortion I can notice.
- No sleep problems so far, I've tried putting it to sleep and waking it up a few times to test this.
- Keyboard, wireless reception, general build quality and "fit and finish" are really excellent, this "feels" like a sturdy machine, much sturdier than my previous powerbook.
- Love the big trackpad and magsafe, remote control and iSight / photo booth (lots of fun to be had with the latter).
- I've been doing a completely clean install, so have had to put a little more thought than usual in to researching universal binary updates to my favourite programs and applications. Not a biggie though, the main thing concerns plugins that aren't yet universal, but these will come.
All in all, this machine is everything I could have hoped for, really quite silent - any noises it does make are "normal" ones (low fan noise on occasion, sound of the CD spinning). The CD drive and hard drive make virtually no noise while in use, much quieter than my old machine.
So, if my experience turns out to be "typical" for Week 12 machines and onwards, and if nothing "develops" after continued use (it's only been one day so far!) then I think potential purchasers can rest a little easier now.
Right, back to exploring my new "toy"!
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