Am I the Only One Who Has a Laptop That Reaches the Temperature of the Sun?

I had to actually buy a pad to put underneath my laptop so that I can still use it on my lap. I am constantly running spyware removal programs to keep it "clean" and I of course have virus protection as well, but once that CPU starts a crankin' the temp skyrockets. I can't believe the fans in it haven't broken on me yet, they're in such heavy use. It's even turned off on me because the temperature got too high. (It's a Dell Inspiron 6000, by the way.) I'm kinda excpecting one of these days to have a fatal meltdown (the computer, not me, ha ha). This computer IS a few years old, so I've been poking around, just looking at what other laptops are out there. I'm kinda liking the Sony Vaio. I used to have a Compaq that I liked. DH has a Dell also, although his model doesn't seem prone to overheating at all. He used to have an IBM laptop, but if you're a regular reader of my blog you know that I'm certainly not going to give IBM any of my money. I don't know, I just need one that won't fry my thighs, do they sell that??