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I bought my 15" MBP (2.4ghz, 4gb ram) about 2 months ago, and I had read a lot of people complaining about the heat. For the first few days, I thought it might have been exaggerated, but now that summer is in full swing, I know exactly what they are talking about. I rarely ever use anything intensive, unless you consider safari, mail, messenger and adobe reader intensive usage. My fans never go up over 2000rpm, as you would expect when not doing anything intensive, but the case gets way too hot to use on your lap. Although I agree that the Apple engineers are competent enough to regulate the heat (to avoid damage), I want my *notebook* to also be a laptop, so I rev up the fans using smcFanControl when I want to use it on my lap.
You should consider taking it back to Apple. It really shouldn't be getting too hot so as to be uncomfortable on your lap if you're using it for non-intensive tasks. There is a known problem with some units where the thermal compound was applied in an overzealous manner, resulting in inefficient cooling. Some intrepid owners have actually removed and reapplied the compound with astounding differences in temps.