[Couriant]

I saw the same report posted recently on cnet news (news.com.com) but they also mentioned about the Inquirer reader..

[kidcnote]

Originally Posted by AcaCandy

I challenge you to find another main stream news source with the same information.

http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jh...ddlyEnoughNews
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/ptech/0...eut/index.html
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/product...p_x.htm?csp=34
Before you eat that big steaming bowl of crow, don't forget to remove foot from mouth..lol

[~Candy~]

My challenge was BEFORE those articles But, nice try

Remove head from, um.....better not say that

[kidcnote]

Originally Posted by AcaCandy

My challenge was BEFORE those articles But, nice try

I knew you'd come up with something lame and try to weenie out.. Your own words have Pawned you. Give it up AcaC, you've lost this one See if you can do better on the next article

[~Candy~]

The only reason you are able to find more coverage now, is that the bloggers have given it a new life

Give me a break. Read THE ARTICLE THAT YOU YOURSELF POSTED

[brite750]

Oh boy, I can hear it now.......Hot deal on a new Dell laptop!!! prices have been burned to the ground!
Actually its not really a surprise that a battery can explode, car batteries have been known to go up, some guy could have plugged the adapter into a 230v and had it switched for 115v (or whatever it is in Japan) there may even be some kind of warnings in the manual. In other words its probably not the pc itself its the battery. Lappies do get hot after all, maybe it was in a puddle of Sake.

[Couriant]

I agree... it was probably a cheap japanese battery

[computer_nut]

http://www.letsblowitup.com/dsm4.shtml

[~Candy~]

Someone had too much free time on their hands

[kidcnote]

Originally Posted by kidcnote

http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jh...ddlyEnoughNews
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/ptech/0...eut/index.html
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/product...p_x.htm?csp=34
Before you eat that big steaming bowl of crow, don't forget to remove foot from mouth..lol

Update:
http://www.crn.com/sections/dell/del...leId=190400211

[kidcnote]

Originally Posted by kidcnote

Told ya them Dell's we're Junk..lol
Guilhem, our astonished reader reports: "The damn thing was on fire and produced several explosions for more than five minutes".

UPDATE:
http://www.crn.com/sections/breaking...leId=190600070

[kidcnote]

http://consumerist.com/consumer/batt...aze-190546.php

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/07..._in_sinagpore/

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news0...hardware.co.uk

[StumpedTechy]

LOL this story was on the Today show too

[kidcnote]

Originally Posted by StumpedTechy

LOL this story was on the Today show too

UPDATE:
http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=35973

While there may be steps computer manufacturers could take to improve safety, replacing lithium-ion batteries with an equal alternative is not one of them. It's the best technology available today, and a replacement is unlikely over the next 10 years.

[phyjk1]

Pity to see so much anti dell sentiment here. A balanced view would be a nice change.

Shame your blaming the wrong people.

The japan incident was a li-ion bat catching fire - it was in a dell.

But the cells within the battery were manufactured by Sony, who supply the same faulty cells to - their own laptop division, Apple, HP, IBM.........

What you should be wondering is why it took so long for Sony to let the system builders know that there was a risk, and then why only dell immediatly setup a mass recall at massive cost worldwide.