That't pretty much my thinking as well. If paste and pads do so much, and if diverting a little bit of fan flow helps as well, why does Dell not do so? The XP

That't pretty much my thinking as well. If paste and pads do so much, and if diverting a little bit of fan flow helps as well, why does Dell not do so? The XPS division is run by the same guy who runs Alienware; why can they not get this right?