some like it hot... but with Intel it is really hot!!

One could have though that with its Prescott Intel had reached the maximal thermal limit with the 100W barrier reached...
Wrong! They have successfully “exploded” their own previous record with a prototype of their future bicore processor, the SmithField. In documents distributed to developers and integrators, it is required to plan a heat exhausting system able to manage...130W! And when fully loaded, this processor will probably release even more heat. Its maximum power requirement could reach 125A.
In those conditions, how to plan computers which will not be simply pure noisy machine...maybe soon one will need ears protection to work with an Intel-based computer.
Once IBM will be ready with the PowerPC bicore, then Apple will be well prepared with the current liquid-based cooling system already used in the PowerMac G5 Dual 2.5GHz.