New 27" iMac - beautiful, fast and HOT (literally)

I almost bought a new iMac 27" this past week while my MBP was at Apple for repairs. I'm sort of glad I waited after seeing one in person today at Yodobashi Camera in Akihabara.
It really is an amazingly beautiful machine. I've never seen such a nice screen on a Mac before. I have one friend who doesn't care for glossy screens, so I don't know what she'd make of it, but I've always chosen glossy and would love to work with that screen every day.
And it's blazingly fast! Everything I tried opened instantly.
The new mouse is also great. I love that you can 2-finger scroll with it. I could get used to that mouse very quickly.
The keyboard seemed small and cramped to me, but I noticed when I got home it's about the same size as my MBP keyboard. It just seems strange to have a form-facter like that on an external keyboard. I'm sure that it is easy to quickly get used to though.
I sort of wonder what it's like doing video iChats with the camera so high up on that big screen. Any opinions on that? Do you feel you have to tilt the screen down or anything like that?
Anyway, the only thing I didn't like what how unbelievably hot it was - temperature wise. If you touch the back of the monitor anywhere in the top area it is painfully hot. Hotter than the bottom surface of the hottest Mac notebook I've ever had - and you know how hot they could get!
Why is it so incredibly hot? It's out in the open air. You'd think they'd be able to cool it better. (Yes, some people will reply - they cool it by sending the heat out the back where I touched it!)
But it seems almost dangerously hot. I would hesitate about leaving it on all day in my tiny office room. If my Java Sparrow sat on the top like he does on my MBP he would seriously burn himself. Though in the winter I could probably save on heating bills. What do others think about how hot it is?
doug

We received the 27" iMac via shipment Nov 6. We could only order it online as we upgraded to the 2TB hard drive. By Nov 9 I was calling tech support due to the excessive heat and accordingly, the excessive fan noise. Most of the time the fan would kick on and become so loud, it would be very difficult, if not impossible to listen to audio at the same time. Also, the only way to slow or stop the fan was by shutting down the unit--the fan was stuck on high even after waiting for an hour or so. Initially, this came when watching full screen video, probably after 30 minutes or so. One tech support rep said he thought it was the video card. It has also come on when just doing processor intensive applications such as photoshop or several times just surfing on the internet. We have a shelf over the unit that is about 6 inches above and there are no obstructions immediately near the back or sides. Tech support had us reset the pram which did not help. They have arranged a replacement calling this abnormal. The replacement is due to ship Nov 25. I have asked several times; is this a problem on the 27" which might reoccur again? If that's the case, I'd rather go back to our 24" and wait until this model gets the bugs figured out. Support told me they wouldn't sell or ship units that are faulty.
Thank you for posting the site to get info on temps the unit generates. I will try to install and monitor this.
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