Ok. I have got a BTO MacBook Pro 15 inch with the 1 gig graphics card. This is my first MacBook so I was worried when I heard about the thermal issues. I have had my MacBook Pro for almost a week, and am happy to report that I have had no issues with heat at all. I have run Portal, TF2, and Civ 5 all on full with no problem, and have had a max temp. of about 75-80degrees, which is hot but not worrisome. My temp right now is 45 degrees, which is what I'm at when on Safari and using iTunes and uTorrent. Overall I would say that these temp issues are way out of proportion and that very few macbooks are affected.