Merry Christmas, And Don’t Forget to Check Your Battery

By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews

I’m sure you couldn’t have forgotten, not with all the picture of fiery laptops on the web, but just a few days before the end of the year, Dell wants to make sure you remember: check your laptop batteries to be sure they aren’t part of the recall.

On Dec. 21, a spokesperson confirmed that the Round Rock, Texas, PC maker had issued the reminder to its customers as part of the company’s effort to recall more than four million notebooks that were shipped with faulty Sony battery packs.

Dell was the first PC maker to issue a recall, and company officials told customers that Sony would replace the faulty battery packs at no charge. Following the disclosure by Dell, Apple, Lenovo and several other PC manufactures also announced recalls of certain notebooks that used Sony battery packs. Source: eWeek

We Say: Thanks Dell for reminding me how, for the second straight year, Sony screwed up.