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."

Comments

Danger

[cheese-cube]

Lithium fires like those that occur when a laptop battery explodes are extremely dangerous. Just watch this video.

Re:Am I supposed to be afraid of this?

[Jeremiah Cornelius]

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.