Whining Sound - Reason for Replacement?

My new 2.0GHz white MacBook has a faint whining sound that continuously comes from the upper-left side of the keyboard. My friend's has it and I know others that have this problem as well. I don't know if it is a problem with the logic board or what. It may just be completely normal. My computer is perforiming at 100% and the temperature, with the new Firmware update, tends to hover around 98.6 degrees F after a good 1/2 hour of use or so.
I just need to know if this is normal or not. If not, is Apple willing to replace/fix MacBooks with this problem? I have not spoke with Apple yet. I don't live anywhere near an Apple Store, but there is an AASP nearby.
Is there anyone else with this problem? Please help.
2.0 GHz MacBok, White Mac OS X (10.4.7) Mac Newbie

"Normal" is a relative term around these parts
I would say that, if you can hear something that doesn't sound normal to you, it couldn't hurt to give Apple a call and talk it through or take it to an Apple store (I know you said you didn't have one near) and have them give it the once over. The worst thing they can say is that it's fine. If you still feel strongly about it, it's up to you what you would do next.
I'd give them a call.

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Spoke to Apple. Realise I can record calls for personal use but they cannot be used as evidence in court.
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Firstly as yet we have no idea this is a battery fault, its fine once its rebooted ok.
Secondly, ipads1 I believe they even glue the battery in, warranties invalid if you try and replace the battery, device is made so the average consumer cannot replace battery.
This to me makes it an integral part of the ipad, not a consumable part that can be swapped in and out.
Therefore the lady at apple is confirming it is bot unreasonable to have a faulty ipad after 2 years but that apple will not assist. I was even told they could replace my ipad1 for £206. With another ipad1! Have all this on a recording.
Im posting here to see what other apple staff may suggest. Is this lady incorrect? Do you think its 'perfectly reasonable' for a £500 tablet to fail after 2 years.
Finally I would add the item was actually bought from Currys, Apple have actually been a lot more helpful than Currys. Currys simply dont want to know, pass the buck to Apple etc, even though the sales of goods act states my contract is with the seller. Ie Currys.
Apologies for the waffle, but this ipad was a present for my mum. She is very elderly and trying to deal with cancer. Skype and her emails have become a bit of lifeline to her.
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you can let apple know using feedback
http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html
this forum is for user helping user and we can't really do much apart from sympathize and
pitch in wit that it being a battery issue sounds plausible and that all batteries dies sooner or later
and very few customers of anything ever change or buy a new battery unless the place they bought the device change the batt for them

Apple hears the MacBook Pro whining sound

Apple Computer this week acknowledged that some of its 15-inch MacBook Pro notebooks may emit an irritable whining sound and said affected customers should contact the company.
In a rather curt statement on its support site, the Mac maker wrote: "If your 15-inch MacBook Pro emits a high-pitched buzzing sound, please contact AppleCare for service." Apple offered no other details.
The Cupertino, Calif.-based company has been scurrying to mend a handful of minor issues reported with its new MacBook product lines, the the first of its consumer and professional notebooks to use chips and underlying technology from Intel Corp.
Despite the minor hiccups, Apple last quarter generated $1.16B in notebook sales, shipping nearly 800,000 units. The company said the notebook unit total consisted of a primary mix of MacBook and MacBook Pro models, and too a lesser extent, PowerBook G4s that remained in inventory.
Of all the models, Apple's consumer oriented Intel MacBook has emerged as a top seller. Although the company said it shipped a "significant number" of MacBooks in June, it still exited its recent fiscal quarter without enough supply to meet demand.
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There are reports that Apple is updating keyboards with new icons, but I wouldn't expect Apple to offer you a free replacement of your existing keyboard.

New Retina Macbook Pro - strange whining Sound

Hi,
i just received my new Macbook Pro Retina - brilliant machine. But suddenly it starts to whine - I can hear the whining while sitting in front of the notebook, so its pretty loud. The sound does appear when I move windows or enter mission control. The sound disappears when I plug in the power supply. I made a recording: https://www.dropbox.com/s/oysfex8imnggefe/RMBP_whine.m4a
None of my Macbook's I owned before made such noises. Is my notebook faulty?
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So I had this problem on and off with my rMBP the whining sound was coming from the top left corner of my computer. I made a recording too showed it to the genius bar - I was allowed a replacement (though the genius bar guy didnt really say much on the matter) - just got my replacement unit in today (had to go through apple.com since mine was a special order/upgrade) and it also makes the same very annoying whining sound. The 2 units I have had so far have this problem on and off (I dont remember if it was when I had the power adaptor on or not). I did notice however that if I closed the lid and opened it back up or restarted the sytem the problem would go away.
Dont really know what to do now this was acting as my primary computer. Dont really see the point of ordering another replacement as it seems this is a common problem (most people probobly havent realized it yet). In addition my replacement unit has noticeable gaps between the bottom lid and the rest of the unibody - dont know if the screws werent tightened enough or what but this too is annoying. Havind had 2 SSD macs (both Airs) previously I was hoping the build and low noise level to follow suit with the retina mac.

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Kyle,
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I also noticed an odd Project Dependency in my LV project, noted in the attachment. It appears that LV updates the ni5640r template library files whenever something in the project changes (I haven't identified what the pattern is yet, but it doesn't look to be exclusive to the template library files changes or even the library callers, which puzzles me). The troubling thing I noticed is that when it 'saves' it doesn't completely update all of the library files. I can fix this by opening the ones that didn't get updated, with the correct project open and saving them, but if I close one project (after everything is fine) and open the 2nd project the issue is repeated). I was also puzzled why my project was pointing to the driver installed template library (C:\Program Files\...) and my tailored one, fearing that I altered the original I reinstalled the 5640 driver and cleaned up the project files to point to the correct template library (remove & replace the '5640r template.lvlib' seems to do the trick for the template, then I have to manually reset the links to my subvis. After all this I completely separated the ni5640r template libraries for both projects (out of fear mostly not knowing what LV was doing that required 60 files to be saved, so they are no longer shared) and the problem (pc crash - the same as before) is still repeated.
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Reason for Mini-Display?

Why does Apple use mini-display ports and not straight HDMI? I mean PC users just hook up their PCs to any TV via HDMI and they're ready to go, while we need speakers in order to get sound.
Im an Apple loyal fan by the way, Its just that people ask and I don't know what to say!
Is there a functional benefit or something?
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In addition, HDMI is basically for TVs and DisplayPort is designed for computers. Macs are computers. Apple assumes the primary use of the video port would be to extend screen space with another computer monitor, like I used to do before I bought a desktop. The reason the Mac mini gets HDMI is because it's used very widely as a media center connected to a TV. Apple probably noticed that a high percentage of mini buyers also buy the HDMI cable, compared to other Mac buyers.
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>
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