questions about kde on a toshiba satellite m300d series

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I have a fresh new OpenSuse 11.1 install on my laptop with kde and i LOVE it. This is by far my favorite distro i have used in a long long time.
However, i have a couple of questions.

  1. my laptop is running HOT! The fan seems to be full blast all the time and it is running extremely hot. Is this a known problem with kde 4.2 because i had this same one in kubuntu with kde 4.2
  2. when i boot up i have to type in acpi=off. How can i get suse to boot up with acpi=off every time and i dont have to type it in every time.

with these problems with the hotness (it is currently burning my leg) should i just not use KDE despite the fact that i love the interface? I am comfortable with Gnome and XFCE and i prefer KDE to both of them, but i will switch if the fan speed/running hot issue is something that needs to be fixed in a future release.

Thanks,
Trevor

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If your machine is running hot despite the Fan being at Full Throttle. That is rather odd and perhaps worrying. But what about the actual CPU temp?
For eg; Mine shows 41 Celsius

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right now, it says my cpu temp is 70 degrees celcius, which seems odd because it is on my lap and actually not burning me at all.