Hardware woes

So I cannot do anymore 3D work on my laptop. I've now had my macbook pro for nearly 4 years. And it's now about ready to quit. I think the thermal requirements finally got to it. It's common knowledge that these things run hot and those reports are true. It's a shame, I have had a lot of good memories with this laptop, but it's time to get something that can handle my need for extreme processing power. Once I find some money to do that with anyway. Who knows... all it takes is a decent summer job and I might just be able to an i7 iMac. Untill then I'll be trying to run maya on anything that I can. Hopefully I'll be in luck.