# Are Apple Macs quieter than PCs?

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**Created:** [January 17, 2004, 9:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/are-apple-macs-quieter-than-pcs/40331 "2004-01-17T09:26:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 9:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/are-apple-macs-quieter-than-pcs/40331/1 "2004-01-17T09:26:20Z")

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just curious  
do they generally make less noise than PCS?  
for example, if i upgraded to, say, an eMac from my PC, would i see a huge difference in noise? (my pc is noisy (P4 2.7))  
iknow the new iMacs are really quiet (out of my budget!).

thanks in advance.