Tue
Aug 15 2006
05:23 pm
"Dude! You're Getting a Dud!"
By: Andy Axel

Pay attention to that Dell battery recall, folks.

Pictures here of self-immolating Dells.

My work PC (a Dell Latitude D600) had one of the defective batteries.

Oh, and if you have an Apple PowerBook G4 or iBook G4, check and see if your battery has been recalled.

Apparently, the long-life Lithium Ion batteries have a bit of a manufacturing flaw.

(So watch those digital cameras and Blackberry devices and suchlike, too. If it gets hot, turn it off and set it aside. No gadget is worth life & limb.)

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Les Jones's picture

The exploding/burning laptop

Submitted by Les Jones on Tue, 2006/08/15 - 9:43pm.

The exploding/burning laptop battery problem has been around for a while. It makes me semi-paranoid about leaving laptops plugged in when I go to bed or leave the house. You'd think they would have solved the problem by now.

Hey, Les, why don't we just call each other assholes and get it over with. - Somebody on the old Southknoxbubba.net (if that was you, claim your quote and win net.fame!)

F-Stop's picture

I've heard of the Apple and

Submitted by F-Stop on Tue, 2006/08/15 - 9:49pm.

I've heard of the Apple and Dell battery problems. Apple has been much more proactive about replacing batteries. Dell waited around.

So far, i've not heard of this being a problem in DSLRs or other digital cameras, but it wouldn't suprise me.

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