&gt; Like they did for the Laptops whose CPUs &quot;whined&quot; circa 2006 etc (which you would have to pay real attention to even hear).<p>My old Dell laptop&#x27;s whine,[1] drove me insane in quiet rooms and was one reason I switched to Macs.<p>[1] I think it had something to do with the PSU when the CPU throttled down to a lower-power state.