Macbook Pro Overheating or HOT HOT HOT ????

Run the MBP for 30 minutes plugged or even un-plugged and it gets HOT !!!!Forget resting it on your Lap. Fried my knees!
Near the AC adapter and by the speaker grills you can not rest your hand. It is over 115 degrees hot. Has anyone had the same issues or is this defective and needs to be swapped out?

Some things are not CYA but, actually true.
"listening to your iPod at loud levels could cause
hearing loss" is a perfect example. That isn't CYA
that's important information as it is 100% true. That
warning should included with every portable audio
device.
If you need a warning like that to be written in a manual, you've got other problems. That's a perfect example of CYA. Stating the obvious for those too dumb to know better.
You can't just decide to ignore parts
of the manual you don't like and say yours is broken
cause you want it to be.
None of us want our MacBooks to be broken. :P
The Macbook Pro can get too hot for your lap. You
shouldn't use it there. By pointing this out, my
comments are useful.
Pointing out that it was in the manual, yes, that was useful. Thank you. However, telling people to stop whining or insisting that people who may have a legitimate problem do not is useless.
I suspect anyone thats owned a
Powerbook would never say the MPB is too hot.
I've owned several including an 867MHz 12-inch PowerBook and a 1.5GHz 12-inch PowerBook. Neither was as hot as this bad boy.
I'm willing to accept certain levels of heat and can understand if it's normal for this laptop to be too hot for one's lap. However, the strange fan activity (or lack thereof) is concerning.
-A$

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