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Six Laptops That Don't Burn
digihome writes, "An exploding laptop can really ruin your weekend, so here's a review of six laptops that are unlikely to blow up." From the article: "We evaluated everything from battery and air vent temperatures, AC power draw and battery life to performance and price... What we found is that there's a real difference among those notebooks that know how to take the heat without sacrificing performance."
Lithium fires like those that occur when a laptop battery explodes are extremely dangerous. Just watch this video.
Smug are we? You didn't look into the battery recall then.
I remember the first Aluminium PowerBooks. They became so hot, that the bottoms expanded to a convex shape after an hour of running. They tottered, wobbled and turned about, like a Weeble. This was really noticeable on the 12" models - where the footprint was so small, the curvature was really pronounced!
Now have the Sony exploding, flammable battery problem that Dell and Lenovo suffer from.
"Flyin' in just a sweet place,
Never been known to fail..."
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since when is laptops that DON'T do something NEWS?
as if the NORM for laptops today are ones that BURN?
since I don't even carry a battery in my laptop. After a couple of years I realized that I never use it when I'm not near an outlet anyway, so I just took it out and left it in the bag. I suppose it could burst into flames there...