My PB arrived today...

[Scorched X]

Is it normal for the combo drive to be pretty loud when playing a CD or copying files? It's nice and quiet when I tried playing a DVD.

[invaLPsion]

Is it normal for the combo drive to be pretty loud when playing a CD or copying files? It's nice and quiet when I tried playing a DVD.

Yep. No worries. It is quite normal for the drive to spin faster when copying files.

How loud are we talking about, though?

[Scorched X]

Definetely too loud for class. I can understand to be loud when copying files, but I thought it would be relatively quiet when playing a cd. :cool:

All in all, I'm not disappointed with my Powerbook, but I'm not impressed either. Maybe that's because this is my first notebook...

[virividox]

the cd could be unbalanced that could be causing the extra noise

[tdhurst]

Definetely too loud for class. I can understand to be loud when copying files, but I thought it would be relatively quiet when playing a cd. :cool:
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Too loud for class? What the hell are you in school for if you actually play dvds or cds during class?

I can see the occassional game of snood, but come on...

[Scorched X]

Too loud for class? What the hell are you in school for if you actually play dvds or cds during class?

I can see the occassional game of snood, but come on...

It was a hypothetical scenario. :rolleyes:

[Rod Rod]

congrats on the new PowerBook. yup the optical drive noise level can be a little unnerving... but on the bright side, it's better to hear it than to have that sound drowned out by excessive fan noise.