The power brick appears to be detachable now and is housed in its own space. http://www.newit.co.uk/shop/prodimages/dp_5.jpg I guess in theory that should alleviate the melting problem, or at least make replacing melters easier.

The timing of this and Blizzard amuses me a bit. Maybe they got the ideas off each other?
I keep getting this image of BFFs Blizzard and China bouncing ideas off each other while smoking cigars, while whipping their gold farming slaves.

(I don't actually play WoW, so I wasn't able to add the proper imagery. WoW pros please help.)