MacBook vs. Dell in a heat match

But it's not a problem of the surface temperature, I think. it's the problem of cpu temperature... it's about 65 C while just using safari. while trying to watch youtube video it rises very quickly to over 80 degrees!!!
such temperature can cause a demage!!!

So does the white 1.83 Macbook run cooler than the 2.0? Is it that noticeable? (I imagine that the difference in processor speed is not noticable between 1.83 and 2.0, whereas heat issues might be?)

Also, are there instances where some people have Macbooks which run warmer than others? Or is it just that all Macbooks run hot and it bothers some people more than others?

I am hoping to get one soon (saving $$) and want to get all the facts before I decide.

I've got one foot in boiling water, and the other in an ice bath. On average I'm feeling fine.

Of course the only ones you hear about having "problems" are the Mac's

Umm. ok. So they're both too hot.

? I don't see how we even get to "at first appears much hotter".

I see that the MacBook is 2 degrees warmer in the top left corner, an insignificant half a degree and .2 degrees warmer in the top right and bottom left corners respectively, and cooler everywhere else, by margins that more than offset the warmer areas.

When I first looked at the graphic I thought "huh, the MacBook is cooler than the Dell, except for slightly in the upper left corner."

My bad... I was only looking at the TUAW picture

@ #2,
How is it just a statistical trick as you imply when every reading on the underside of the Apple is lower than the corresponding one on the Dell..??

While it is hotter than my G4 iBook, I haven't had any problems with my black 2 GHz MacBook. I don't think average temperature means much here, at least for "laptop" use. That's like saying the temperature on the moon "averages" out to be comfortable.That hot spot is the problem. But I never use it on my lap anyway.

Maybe those little "Intel Inside" and "Windows Genuine Advantage" (or whatever they have now) stickers are a secret source of insulation?