Apple Makes the Switch: iMac G5 vs. iMac Core Duo
 

The iMac is an interesting option for the desktop user, as it is very much a "lifestyle" computer, but a very functional and capable one at that. The iMac is the epitome of what today's PC makers simply do not create - and that is a modern, stylish take on the desktop computer.

It has been done many times in the past, you combine a monitor with a computer and sell it as one.

Really into quiet computing, you will have to go to the other side. Sleep well next to your pillow:)

sorry, no dBA reading for you.