MacBook Pro high temperature...

Hello all:
I recently purchased a MacBook Pro 15 inches and so far it's been working fine. There is only one thing that worries me a little bit which is the high temperature it gets in the left side of the lapto right in the top of the left built-in speaker where the microfone is located.
As you know the laptop has two speakers... the right one gets warm but the left it gets hot.
Would that be considered normal? Is there a way to check system's temperature on this machines? How do I do it?
Thanks in advance for your prompt answer.
Best regards

suggestion to you that next time you post something research the forum before you post. the temperature issue is soemthing everyone is having trouble with if you want a program to monitor your laptops temp you can try temperature monitor. free to download. some have tried resetting the PMU
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303319
that worked for me and some users in decreasing the ammount of heat produced by the machine.

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