On 18 Nov 2012, at 00:28, William G. Scott wrote: > I'm trying to get a sense for how frequently this sort of thing occurs:
In recent months we had two of the early MacBook Airs that suffered from the same problem with the case bulging alarmingly. We've also had a mid-2007 MacBook Pro battery that suffered from a similar problem; that was after the battery life had declined to the point where it was almost unusable away from a mains power supply. The laptops had been retired from active use, so we didn't pursue the matter with Apple. > It strikes me as a bit dangerous It alarmed our health and safety people when I asked advice on the appropriate waste disposal route. YouTube has some interesting videos of laptop battery fires (for example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pizFsY0yjss ). Chris -- Dr Chris Richardson :: Sysadmin, structural biology, icr.ac.uk The Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital, a charitable Company Limited by Guarantee, Registered in England under Company No. 534147 with its Registered Office at 123 Old Brompton Road, London SW7 3RP. This e-mail message is confidential and for use by the addressee only. If the message is received by anyone other than the addressee, please return the message to the sender by replying to it and then delete the message from your computer and network.
