Totally friggin' cool if this is the case. To the people who are posting about the (lack of) noise their Rev. B iMacs make.... How much background noise do you have going on that …

Are settings for performance set for automatic or highest?

I'm going to wait a couple of months and see if anybody posts obout overheating or power supply problems before investing in an iMac.

I live in a VERY quiet area. All I can usually hear are birds chirping outside. Though I was playing loops through Live, I did have the volume turned to one notch above off (if y…

Jan- I actually bought a rev. A ultimate on May 1st, then found out about the Rev. Bs coming out two days later, so I brought it back to the Apple store and they upgraded me to th…

Quote: Originally Posted by joeyc Jan- I actually bought a rev. A ultimate on May 1st, then found out about the Rev. Bs coming out two days later, so I brought it back to the A…

I just got a new 20" 2ghz - and yes it IS noisy, no loud or whining noises as described for the older ones before but a constant airflow, simmilar to the noise of a ventilator. The…

Quote: Originally Posted by chse I just got a new 20" 2ghz - and yes it IS noisy, no loud or whining noises as described for the older ones before but a constant airflow, simmil…

I've had a rev. B 20 inch for a week or two and it's very quiet. I haven't had any of the problems associated with the original models. PeteWK

I've got a 17" 1.8ghz, and you can definitely hear the fan on the lower left. From the second you push the power on button, you can hear it, and while I'm working away, if there i…

Bought the 20" model yesterday, it developed the whine tonight. It's not that loud, but it's an annoying pitch. Maybe it always had it, I've had iTunes on the whole time I've used …

take your palm and cover up the bottom left side of the iMac, no, it won't cover your left speaker, it's a little further right than where the buzzing is coming from. So yea, if y…

reply to Yi Chen: I just got also a 17" 1.8 imac at work, true there is a buzing noise I don't hear with the 20" (see above) but it is not very loud. But hey!!!! DO NOT COVER TH…

sorry, 'avent 'ad time to read the 'ole thread. Dont most computers do that? my friends PC and my PC does that... his is 800mhz and my pc is 450mhz. and the fans pitch goes up and …

Just got my 20" Rev A iMac, and it's awesome. No fan noise whatsoever, and (lucky me) no dead pixels. I was very nervous about the fans due to posts on here, but it's definitely …

Quote: Originally Posted by kick52 sorry, 'avent 'ad time to read the 'ole thread. Dont most computers do that? my friends PC and my PC does that... his is 800mhz and my pc is 4…

"On the other hand an imac sits on your desk right in front of you so no way to lock out the noise." Exactly.

I've had my new Rev. B iMac 20" 2 GHz for a few weeks now, and it's been perfect, in every way: incredible screen (with no stuck or dead pixels), faster than I thought possible wit…

hey guys, so yea, i just finished playing that Dinosaur game on my gf's rev.B 17" iMac, and that buzzing fan sound coming from the power supply at the bottom left of the iMac got …

Quote: I'm using a 1.8Ghz iMac at work with 1 GB of RAM and for normal, non-taxing purposes - web surfing, writing, etc. - it's utterly silent. But when I play Snood (probably …

OK here my two week experience with both a rev B 17" 1.8 and a revB 20" 2.0 ghz imac. The 17" has a (not very loud) buzzing noise which is always present. In contrast to the posti…

Same irritating fan noise problem here. And info about how Apple DONT deal with it on www.jephro.com !

brand new 20" iMac here. Sounds like a leaf-blower. Slightly disappointed.

1.8 Ghz 17" iMac Rev B. Fans spin up to a quiet hum sometimes when I launch a new application, but even when I'm doing intensive tasks like using Illustrator or (god forbid) playi…

My 3-week old rev B 20" is plenty quiet for my needs. I was quite concerned when I bought it, but took a chance and it worked out fine. One of the fans clearly has a dominant pit…