Merom MBP's going to be hotter than Yonah MBP's?

[manosaurus]

The only reason I am not buying a MBP is because of the heat. A 17" burned my finger and actually left a mark! I was looking forward to MBP's with the new chip because it was supposed to be faster and cooler than the old. But now I see articles like the linked that point out that the new chip will run hotter!?

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3840

How are Apple engineer's going to avoid increased casing heat in the new MBPs'? Any thoughts?

 

[aaronb]

I don't know if I really trust the information on the website. I don't see any links to tests done with Merom chips. The only other links are to DailyTech.

 

[daveL]

According to this rather rigorous examination:

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2808&p=1

the answer would be no, Merom is not hotter than Yonah.