New install - fans going crazy!

Following a smooth install yesterday evening, I brought over my photo library [11,000+ images] from iPhoto and while that went smooth-ish, since then the fans have been set to take off with my G5 Quad. If I try to quit Aperture - as I did last night - I get this alert message:
"Aperture is currently processing previews... ", with an option of continuing the 'process' or quiting anyway. I quit it.
This morning, same thing again... screaming fan noise.
My question: is this normal during this 'preview process' only, or is this incessant fan noise a price to pay for using Aperture?
PowerMac G5 Quad + PowerBook G4 Ti 15" + iMac G5 20" Mac OS X (10.4.8)

I have a Quad and haven't had take-off fans. I have had more fan noise vs. 1.1, and running activity monitor shows more cpu activity than in the past.
As for Previews, if you don't need them, suspend or delete them. They are needed when using master images referenced outside Aperture, for Aperture slideshows, for drag-n-drop to other apps. and for iLife/iWork integration via the Media browser in those apps.
I set my prefs to off and i build previews on a project by project basis when I'm finished with that project (they build alongside/just shortly after doing any edits to an image and can generally bog down the overall productivity).
Also consider reducing the res./quality of the Previews (Aperture/Preferences) if you do need them.
Since doing the above, fan noise is not an issue at all (my ambient temp. conditions are relatively cool).
G.

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HI R C-R.
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14 configd 0,1 7 3,3 MB Intel (64 Yes
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16 distnoted 0 3 1,3 MB Intel (64 Yes
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62 coreservicesd 0 4 18,8 MB Intel (64 Yes
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