June 23rd, 2006
Dude, You’ve Got a Fire … er, Dell
By Michael Santo
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
Dell is investigating a report of a laptop that exploded at a conference in Japan this week. The report, which was originally posted in The Inquirer, also included pictures of the laptop in flames.
Dell has confirmed that the laptop in question was indeed a Dell, but had no further comment. Last December Dell recalled 22,000 batteries because of possible overheating and fire-risk problems.
We Say: I’ve had more than one Dell battery recalled for different laptops, so I’ve experienced the recall part, but fortunately, not the explosion part!
mikael says:
i would question the journalistic integrity of the inquirer before anything. especially if they employ “journalists” with a working knowledge of photoshop.
June 23rd, 2006 at 6:09 pm
Michael Santo says:
Yep, that’s why I didn’t post it originally, BUT … it’s hit TechWeb, eWeek, News.com. Plus Dell has confirmed this was a Dell laptop.
June 24th, 2006 at 7:31 am
fez says:
This is old news, I read it first at Sharikou’s blog
http://sharikou.blogspot.com/
June 24th, 2006 at 6:41 pm
fez says:
This is old news, I read it first at Sharikou’s blog
http://sharikou.blogspot.com/
And is analysed in detail there
June 24th, 2006 at 6:44 pm
ed3 says:
I have more faith in The INQUIRER than any other so-called “hardcore” IT site (sorry Alice).
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=32723
June 30th, 2006 at 4:25 am
Robert Oschler says:
“Fire laptop #2! Aye captain, Dell laptop #2 loaded and ready to launch!”
Burn, Baby, Burn! - Dell Laptops Have Their Own Music Video Now!
In honor of the second Dell laptop that decided to terminate it’s own existence in a blaze of glory, rather send one more smiley ridden instant message into MySpace cyberspace, I present to you this announcement.
Sing and dance along with the Numa Numa (English) dance video parody that pays tribute to the Dell laptop tradition of ignition. Stunning animation footage shows a Dell laptop owner that can’t get his crispy computer fixed by a computer repairman who is blowing smoke up his ASCII table:
http://www.spokenring.com/numa-numa-english.php
The video footage is remixed from the stunning creative commons Elephants Dream project. Visit their site and download the free high defintion version of the 10 minute short film. It’s a huge file and you may need the VLC player but it’s incredible. There’s smaller versions of the film too for the faint of bandwidth:
href=”http://www.elephantsdream.org/
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