Dell Laptop Battery Recall

[lukevanoort]

Originally Posted by Andrew Blair

I'm actually kinda glad- we won't be seeing any Apple commercials where the guy in the suit gets caught up in a lithium fire...

PC guy: Hi, I'm a PC
Mac guy: and, I'm a Mac. I like to be as helpful as possible, my Dashboard can give lots of useful information, from a Krispy Kreme store locater to stock tickers, the nearest coffee shop to the cafeteria's food schedule.
PC guy: I can be very helpful too.
Mac guy: Really, thats cool. What do you do?
PC guy: I can light cigars.
Mac guy: And, how do you do that?
PC guy: I like to heat up and catch on fire
Mac guy: Thats pretty neat, but, uhh, isn't that a bit dangerous....
PC guy: Not really, here I'll imitate a fireworks show.
[PC guy catches on fire and explodes]

Now that wouldn't make anyone buy Mac, but it would be entertaining to watch the big explosion...

[Brian Lesser]

Originally Posted by coreyk

Apple Recalls 1.8 Million Laptop Batteries

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/24/te...ebatteryrecall

Adding onto this, part of the article just made me think, "no wonder"

Originally Posted by the article

Apple, based in Cupertino, Calif., would not give any details about when it began getting reports of problems or when it began to investigate. “We discovered that some Sony batteries in previous models of PowerPC-based iBooks and PowerBooks do not meet Apple’s standards for safety and performance,” said Katie Cotton, Apple’s vice president of corporate communications.