remember JOHN DAVIDSON'S "my playstation 3 killed my xbox360"

[joeorc]

take a look at this..he was telling the truth...

Ouch! That's hot!

Before you start, an important note: The PS3 hardware was designed to sit on a TV set or entertainment center, not on a workbench. It generates a lot of heat which is extracted by a fan that blows out the end of the unit closer to the Blu-Ray drive, as well as out the back.

When I first unpacked the unit, I ran it on my workbench next to my laptop with the PS3's fan blowing into the laptop's exhaust vents — the laptop eventually went into thermal shutdown. So I advise you to run the PS3 "standing up" (so the PLAYSTATION 3 text is right-side up; there are feet on the bottom of the unit to assist with this). In this configuration, it seems to run the coolest.

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/pa-ps3lab1/

now thats some heat..