MacBook Pro 2011 is HOT!!! Literally.

I bought a "new" 13" macbook pro about three weeks ago and less than half a month later, the even newer "Sandy Bridge" chipped MBP's released. I was pretty upset, but luckily Apple let my exchange my "old" MBP for the newer one. Believe it or not, after two days I took it back and swapped back for the 2010 machine! While I enjoyed the speed bump in the newer model, I did not enjoy the massive heat the computer seemed to be giving out. Even just doing fairly light Photoshop work, the fan sounded like an aircraft engine. Even when surfing videos on YouTube I began to notice the fan kicking in. This never happened in my 2010 machine. In fact, one of the things that most impressed me most about the 2010 MBP was how quiet and cool it was. So I went backwards and traded back to the 2010 I'm pleased as punch. The 13" MacBook Pro with the 2.4 Ghz Intel Core Duo chipset is fine for my needs. No problems at all with heat and quiet as a church mouse. In addition, I find the NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics card inside the 2010 MBP to be superior to the integrated Intel graphics chip inside the newer model. I actually saw a step backwards with the newest MacBook when playing intensive games like WOW and StarCraft 2. The game moves better on the 2010 model and the fan doesn't sound like a hair dryer. I don't mind waiting a TINY bit longer in Photoshop for things to render in return for cooler fingers and faster gaming. Am I nuts??? Should I have kept the 2011 machine?

Hey Guys,
Im having the same issue with the cpu temps above 80c and fan speeds over 5k rpm....the only catch is...im not doing anything cpu/gpu intensive....all i do is surf the net, sync my iphone, and play music or watch anime....
Ive had the computer for 3 weeks now and noticed that when i would watch videos on hulu full screen using external monitor that the cpu would get real hot and fan kick on....that was the only condition my mbp would react this way....today however, even as i am typing this post with nothing running other than the single safari window/tab i have open, the stats are still cpu 81c fan 4800rpm....
again....never had an issue til today.....any help??
AL

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