Bah! These are merely the Dell Jihadi 5000 running Windowsistan 2006. They are selling like hot-cakes in the Middle East and coming to a splinter cell near you.
(About 1 week ago, Yahoo news or Drudge linked to a story about a couple of good ol’ boys out hunting who lost their truck after setting their laptop on the truck floor board, to recharge off the truck battery I think (not sure on that aspect…). Laptop exploded & burnt truck & all to the ground.)
See, this is why I own only the “other” kind of computer, they don’t spontaneously combust. That and they are so much easier to use.
I wonder how many people will simply continue to use said laptops until they blow up in their faces.
People are complex aren’t they?
I thought the exploding laptop thing was funny until I took out the battery and cross referenced it with the serial #’s Dell provided and found out mine was one designated for recall. Screw it!! I am keeping mine, but its really hard typing with this flak jacket on!!
Gee, it only took 2 years for them to find out something was wrong, doesn’t exactly inspire confidence does it? I wonder how long they actually knew about the problem and if they would have issued the recall if the news didn’t catch wind of it.
Bah! These are merely the Dell Jihadi 5000 running Windowsistan 2006. They are selling like hot-cakes in the Middle East and coming to a splinter cell near you.
(About 1 week ago, Yahoo news or Drudge linked to a story about a couple of good ol’ boys out hunting who lost their truck after setting their laptop on the truck floor board, to recharge off the truck battery I think (not sure on that aspect…). Laptop exploded & burnt truck & all to the ground.)
See, this is why I own only the “other” kind of computer, they don’t spontaneously combust. That and they are so much easier to use.
I wonder how many people will simply continue to use said laptops until they blow up in their faces.
People are complex aren’t they?
RWD, stop giving the terr’ists ideas!
I thought the exploding laptop thing was funny until I took out the battery and cross referenced it with the serial #’s Dell provided and found out mine was one designated for recall. Screw it!! I am keeping mine, but its really hard typing with this flak jacket on!!
Gee, it only took 2 years for them to find out something was wrong, doesn’t exactly inspire confidence does it? I wonder how long they actually knew about the problem and if they would have issued the recall if the news didn’t catch wind of it.