Dell Issues Laptop Battery Recall

zoogies writes "The New York Times is reporting that Dell is now issuing a laptop battery recall — for notebooks sold between April 2004 and July 18, 2006. According to the article, 'The recalled batteries were used in 2.7 million computers sold in the United States and 1.4 million sold overseas. The total is about 18 percent of Dell's notebook production during the period in question.' This seems to go along with a June Slashdot story on an exploding Dell laptop, and a July Slashdot story on a Dell investigation into its exploding laptops. Curiously, there is nothing yet on Dell Support's product recall page about this latest recall."

Comments

OMG DELL IS COPYING APPLE

[WilliamSChips]

Apple did this like three years ago. Dell is so behind the times!

Hehe

[Fred Porry]

for notebooks sold between April 2004 and July 18, 2006

Cant be that many...hehe.

Tesla Roadster

[Zobeid]

Stories like this make me want a Tesla Roadster somewhat less than I did before. It's powered by 6,800 Li-ion cells.

Naah, who am I kidding? I'd still give my left kidney for one. Flames are great, maybe we could channel them out the tail like the old Batmobile.

I Asked the Dell Support Forums

[aquatone282]

. . . and a moderator told me to format my C: drive and re-load Windows XP.

</sarcasm>