In the winter, it's actually kind of a boon to have a keyboard that doubles as a radiant heater, especially if you poor circulation in your fingers (/me points to myself). However, as a short spring dissolves into oppressive Idaho heat, the heat might make one a little wary of using the onboard keyboard for fear of the dripping sweat shorting out some of the circuitry concealed below.
Here's the solution: a nice free app called smcFanControl. It allows you to change the speed of your macbook fans up to the healthy limit. As an illustration, I just flipped it on and in the last minute the temp showing on the tasteful menu bar display has dropped 10 degrees.
I appreciate the default macbook settings, which can be really nice when recording music. In contrast, my Dell laptop fan runs all the time, and it's a challenge operating a software-based recording app from across the room. But, I also like having a choice.
As a bonus for those of you who are putting off flipping on the AC for as long as possible, also consider using a Lapinater plus with the Mousitizer extension. Keeps an inch and a half of insulation between my legs and the bottom of the mac, which is considerably warmer than the top. For couch-based telecommuters, it also adds a new range of positions to choose from (diagrams to come).
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For folks interested in cooling their MBPs, I just found this article from 2008 that seems to nail the culprit. I expect to be trying this soon.
http://www.torq-dj.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6497
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