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Laptop Explodes at Conference (It was a Dell)

dell-laptop-explodes.jpgIf you thought that the legend of the PowerBook battery catching fire was bad…

AN INQUIRER READER attending a conference in Japan was sat just feet away from a laptop computer that suddenly exploded into flames, in what could have been a deadly accident. Gaston, our astonished reader reports: “The damn thing was on fire and produced several explosions for more than five minutes”.

Dell laptop explodes at Japanese conference

(Thanks CNet’s Apple Blog.)

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dell-laptop-explodes.jpgIf you thought that the legend of the PowerBook battery catching fire was bad…

AN INQUIRER READER attending a conference in Japan was sat just feet away from a laptop computer that suddenly exploded into flames, in what could have been a deadly accident. Gaston, our astonished reader reports: “The damn thing was on fire and produced several explosions for more than five minutes”.

Dell laptop explodes at Japanese conference

(Thanks CNet’s Apple Blog.)

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By Jason O'Grady

Founded the PowerPage in 1995.