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.
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Scorched X said:
Yep. No worries. It is quite normal for the drive to spin faster when copying files.
How loud are we talking about, though?
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. 
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...
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...
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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 said: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.
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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...
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.