and keep in mind that noise is subjective. My dual 867 doesn't bother me at all. (although i realize that some people do have problems) it makes no more noise than any other computer i've ever used. I also suspect that you could get a pretty good deal on one of the older MDDs.I would lots rather have my dual 867 than a 1gig single. mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald Fuller" <donfuller at mac.com> To: "Power Macintosh G4 List" <G4 at lists.themacintoshguy.com> Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 10:09 AM Subject: Re: [G4] Noise issue > > On Friday, Feb 7, 2003, at 08:01 US/Central, ABK wrote: > > > I am looking at buying a new G4 dual tower and need some assistance. I > > have > > heard that the computer is extremely noisy. Is this also true of the > > newly > > released models? If anyone can shed some light on this issue I would > > greatly > > appreciate it as it may help me determine what I should be buying. > > Thanks > > >