In response to the new laptop being "so cool".... no comment
-signed, a PC guy...
Gotta admit, my MBP 17" is a couple years old and, at 140 deg F, "cool" is not how I'd describe it. If you ever run Faces in iPhoto, crack an egg on that baby and it's breakfast time.
oh, and oldskoolboarder, a WD MyBook and Time Machine help alot.
As I was importing the 15k photos, it did start to heat up - lots of processor & disk I/O. The fan kicked on. And yes, since it's aluminum, the heat spreads. So yeah, it got hot as I was pushing it.
But it's no worse than the Dell notebook (Core2Duo) that it was replacing. In fact, when I wasn't pushing it (and using the 9400M video rather than the 9600GT), the MBP stays cooler than the Dell.
Neither are truly lap-friendly laptops.
