I've had mine for about a week. Yes, it makes a faint whining, but honestly, even still it's a lot quieter than my AlBook ever was so I really don't notice it much. Also you have to be a dead silent room to pick it up at all. I love my MBP so much. After 2 years of tolerating my AlBook its so great to have a machine that doesn't give me spinning beachballs every 3 seconds.