Why is my laptop getting so hot.

What would suddenly make my macbookpro run really hard and get really hot after 3 years of never doing it?

In the 3 years that you've owned your MBP, you've updated your applications and installed some programs that uses more cpu processes.
Sometimes, updating a program makes your cpu run hotter because the updated software will use more cpu process.
Also, check your activity monitor under All Processes and see whats using most of your CPU's power that makes your MBP run hot.
Also, as OGELTHORPE has mentioned, dust and other particles can get trapped inside your MBP.
There are screws at the back of your MBP and slowly take them out and blow out the dust off the case and try to slowly clean out the fans. Use a Q-Tip to clean them out if you wish.
If you're not techincally inclined, take it to any computer shop just for cleaning out the inside of your computer. Shouldn't cost more than $50.

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I had purchased HP Pavilion dv6, intel core i3 processor notebook last year. There where many problem which i had faced, now a days the problem which am facing is my laptop get too hot even after the 20 min of use.
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you may want to consider gettinig the heatsink cleaned if the unit heats up now and was working fine before.
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HT1529 why is mac mac book pro getting so hot?

why is my mac getting so hot?

The temperature usually is directly related to the load being placed on the system...what software are you running, multiple software? Things like heavy duty games place a load by fully taxing he cpu and loading up the gpu to produce the display imaging. Software that does very heavy graphics, things like ray tracing and rendering, put a full load on the cpu.
The cpu can run very hot, on the order of 100-110 deg, before thermal overload protection kicks in and runs bak the clock speed. The system will start running up the fan speed to remove the excess heat.
So, how hot is the MBPr? Warm to touch, hot to touch, uncomfortably hot to touch?

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