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Infamous whinning on MBP gone?
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Same here. After the update i do not hear the processor whine while in XP. When i do return to OSX, i heard it and its damn annoying. Didn't really realize it until i booted up XP. WEAK!!
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ITASOR said:
Funny comment! Here's my opinion of why the noise goes away...
In windows you can change the refresh rate of the screen, however, as far as I know Mac OS doesn't have this option. So, maybe the noise is related to a refresh rate issue, perhaps windows utilizes a different refresh rate (mine uses 60Hz) and this causes the noise to go away. Afterall, the noise is evidently coming from something like a resistor or converter in the upper left corner of the computer near the power plug, and also close to where all the wires that connect to the screen. Oh also, higher frequencies use more energy, so perhaps at a lower refresh rate a converter stops working so hard and the noise goes away.
ITASOR said:
I know you said you were kidding but there seems to be some interesting characteristics man! Whine disappears (who knows what this is, but something in MacOSX) and things (to me) seem...snappier.
As I said before: "[Apple] must be pretty pleased/confident with OSX at the mo as it's going to take some beating - what with BareFeats reporting that OpenGL rendering is faster and all."
Hmmmmm....
mad jew said:
Hmm, I didn't realize that refresh rate doesn't apply to LCD's. Good point. Nevertheless, it does beg the question: Is the noise related to the LCD? I think so.
neocell said:
I just posted a thread that confirms that XP does indeed use both cores so that hypothesis must not be what's causing the noise.
surely it's just that windows is using more processor at when its just sitting there than Mac OSX does?
Relationship between screen flicker and annoying whine
Hey everyone, I was looking on apple.com's discussion forums and found out that there may be a relationship between the screen flicking issue (read the link below) and the whine that we all loathe. Check it out for yourself (its near the bottom of the thread):
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=376277&tstart=0
Perhaps, this does suggest that there is a relationship between the screen and the whine as I posted before in this thread, rather than chiefly a processor issue.
Also, photo booth solves both the flicker and whine issue.
Hey everyone, I was looking on apple.com's discussion forums and found out that there may be a relationship between the screen flicking issue (read the link below) and the whine that we all loathe. Check it out for yourself (its near the bottom of the thread):
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=376277&tstart=0
Perhaps, this does suggest that there is a relationship between the screen and the whine as I posted before in this thread, rather than chiefly a processor issue.
Also, photo booth solves both the flicker and whine issue.
Just that windows power management isn't as efficient as OSX. So the CPU uses more power and the voltage regulator is under a different load so doesn't make the noise.
You'll notice that battery life is also far worse under XP.
You'll notice that battery life is also far worse under XP.
