Linked by Adam S on Tue 2nd May 2006 00:21 UTC
As a Macbook Pro owner myself, I'm somewhat reluctant to admit that the first generation of Macbooks suffer from an annoying and constant whine and an unaccpetable amount of heat output. Therefore, I will be one of the many calling Apple Support on May 20. May 20th, it's been reported, is "the day the whining ends." OSX86Project has more. 
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2006-05-02
I thought that mac hardware was more expensive because it was made with better components than your average dell machine.
I had a compaq laptop bought in 1998 that was with me until 2005 before i sold it. Sometimes the hard drive started to make some noises and eventually froze the machine but it could always work fine later.
I am typing this from a september 2003 powerbook bought in december 2003. I am using ubuntu live cd because the hard drive started to make some ugly sounds starting 3 weeks ago and now i can only use it from a live cd.
Also, this powerbook doesn't close properly, the paint of the latch is chipped, and also gets too hot.
I don't think i am buying another mac laptop. I live in venezuela and don't have support. So i am screwed with using live cd until i can visit the states and buy a hard drive (and i don't know if the hard drive is bad or rather some other component that is causing the hard drive to go bad)
G3 users had a core logic board recall, now macbook users get whine sounds and overheating.
Apple hardware is overrated, IMHO.