That's because your MacBook Pro is poorly designed. I had the same problem with mine. One reason I sold it - impossible to sit with it on my lap. Another exam

That's because your MacBook Pro is poorly designed. I had the same problem with mine. One reason I sold it - impossible to sit with it on my lap. Another example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AZzPZ0kjyk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AZzPZ0kjyk I now had a ThinkPad X220 which is roughly the same CPU as the MacBook Pro and has twice the memory and it never even gets warm.