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I am going to just say what models of laptops will explode. "All"]]>Apr 21st 2010 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/

Don't poke holes in lithium-ion batteries. They hurt.]]>Jul 28th 2006 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/Jul 28th 2006 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/Jul 28th 2006 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/Jul 28th 2006 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/Jul 28th 2006 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/Jul 28th 2006 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/Jul 28th 2006 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/Jul 28th 2006 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/
No one called them Laptops anymore. They are called Notebooks. Apple is no the only one to "insist" that it shouldn't be used on the lap. For a lawyer you sure are stupid.]]>Jul 28th 2006 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/Jul 28th 2006 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/Jul 28th 2006 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/Jul 28th 2006 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/
P.S. Kevin stop being a jerk.]]>Jul 28th 2006 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/Jul 28th 2006 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/Jul 28th 2006 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/http://www.batteries-shop.net]]>Apr 10th 2010 4:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/
I found your response to Finished Law School somewhat amusing. First off it seemed there was really no reason for you to call anyone stupid for referring to a notebook as a laptop. I agree most manufactures now refer to their products as notebooks, but for many years these handy little computers were always called by all, laptops. So I think you have to let that slip up go now and then. What I found most interesting was, you assumed lawyers were all smart and Finished Law School was an exception. Do you really believe this? Who’s the “stupid” one now?
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That would have been a HUGE lawsuit.]]>Jul 28th 2006 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/
While a Li-Ion battery exploding is pretty darn scary, so is getting hit by a bush or being struck by a bolt of lightning.

Like greyskies said, this is the nature of batteries, especially lithium ion batteries, and it just seems to me to be a general risk of life that we deal with for power on the go. Maybe someone more versed in this can explain, but I don't see how you can necessarily get a 100% perfect manufacturing process or a testing procedure that will weed out every dud of a battery. Dell's the one getting the publicity, but I bet it's happened to the others too. Dell just has the luck of having folks with digital cameras around.]]>Jul 28th 2006 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/
http://www.fire-extinguisher101.com/]]>Jul 28th 2006 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/

just another reason NOT to buy a dell

they suck
-_-

imho they're gonna need to do something good to get back in my good books.]]>Jul 28th 2006 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/
May I suggest your company to provide an upgrade option for a Dell fire extinguisher (or two, with a 10% discount) with your notebooks? I have a feeling that your future customers will NOT regret purchasing this option.

Also, I will duly appreciate a T-shirt
with "I luv my flaming Dell" plastered across it.

Thanks and have a good day!

Regards,
Richard Lai

PS: Kevin, it sounds like you work for Dell. If so, would you mind passing this letter to your boss? Thanks.]]>Jul 28th 2006 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/Jul 28th 2006 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/Jul 28th 2006 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/
I think it should be patently obvious to anybody that something that bursts into falmes is just a little tiny bit more dangerous than something which is hot. While I feel uncomfortable using my macbook on my lap it's not impossible. If I had a cool to the touch Dell laptop (which it's not) that I put on my lap and then it burst into flames I would be a bit more than uncomfortable.]]>Jul 28th 2006 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/Jul 28th 2006 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/Jul 28th 2006 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/
When they put that flaming paint job on their XPS model, they weren't kidding.

Dell fanboys to your battlestations!]]>Jul 28th 2006 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/Jul 28th 2006 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/
"As part of the recall announcement, Dell set up a web site, DellBatteryProgram.com to assist customers with suspect units in replacing suspect notebook batteries:
https://www.dellbatteryprogram.com"
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Apple fanboys sort of make sense cause of thier different OS but even then it doesnt make any sense. Superior brand does not always equal superior product, apple used to be a great example with thier crap power pc processors.]]>Jul 28th 2006 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/another-dell-laptop-ignites/
"As part of the recall announcement, Dell set up a web site, DellBatteryProgram.com to assist customers with suspect units in replacing suspect notebook batteries:
https://www.dellbatteryprogram.com"
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http://tinypic.com/cl15k]]>Jul 28th 2006 12:58PM