The whine I mentioned in the previous post is, by the way, not exclusively an Apple thing.
Actually, if my experience was representative, I’d say about 40% of all Intel laptops suffer from overloaded, “singing” capacitors, as this is inherent to how the Intel CPU power management is designed1. And, bear in mind, these are not only generic brands like Compal, but also Dells and the highly-respected IBM ThinkPads2.
How come the manufacturers don’t acknowledge and fix those flaws? (more…)