I am replying to my own question-absolutely no whine!-very quiet and it is hot- but they say in the manual that is normal with the aluminum body. Very fast and beautiful design. The apple software is a little thin, what's up with no word processor or simple checking program? Quick books pro is pretty useless to the home user and i photo is basically an organizer program and nothing else.
For software you will need to buy:
word processor
money/checking account program for home user
photo editing program like photoshop elements
password and form filler program like roboform
spreadsheet program if you use excel