Another Exploding Dell Laptop
Well, this time the laptop didn’t really explode, but “bursting into flames” is probably a bad enough mess for the guys over at Dell’s recently launched one2one corporate blog to handle.
Yes, you did catch the “this time”, right? Because if you recall, this isn’t the first time we’re looking at a publicly-reported incident of this nature. Just last month, we saw news regarding an exploding notebook in Japan - which Dell quickly resolved by providing a replacement.
What do you think will happen this time? Will Dell take the initiative by reaching out to the unlucky owner through its weblog?
[News via Tom’s Hardware Forumz]
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Yet Another Exploding Dell Laptop | House of Dell said,
Pingback • September 6, 2006 @ 3:57 am
[…] I know we’ve been a bit heavy on the exploding laptop news in recent weeks, so I promise this will be the last case we’ll talk about for a long time to come. Anyway, this piece of news hails from Singapore, and comes in the wake of two earlier incidents - one in Japan and another in the US. […]
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Acer Notebook Batteries Safe and Sound | The Acer Blog said,
Pingback • September 6, 2006 @ 3:16 am
[…] If the recent exploding notebook fiasco and large scale battery recall over at Dell has gotten you worried, rest assured. Acer has officially announced that their notebook batteries are safe. […]