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Posted by LKD on Jun-28-2006 16:48:

Dell laptop bursts into flames

a week late but heres some pics of it and the article.

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=32550

now Dell is gonna investigate:

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsa...OP1.xml&src=rss

Dell users...u have been forewarned...lol

Posted by The Highroller on Jun-28-2006 16:54:

I like how they decline to say what model it was. I wonder what the cause of it was?

According to the article, the explosions were occuring for 5 minutes! I was just using my laptop on my lap yesterday.

Posted by VERTiG0 on Jun-28-2006 17:04:

This really isn't anything new, laptops have been blowing up and catching fire in peoples' laps for years.

Posted by Irishaddict on Jun-28-2006 17:06:

Re: Dell laptop bursts into flames

quote:
Originally posted by El Kay Dee
Dell users...

Aw shit.

Posted by Euphorica on Jun-28-2006 17:07:

quote:
Originally posted by VERTiG0
This really isn't anything new, laptops have been blowing up and catching fire in peoples' laps for years.

w3rd.

dell makes a good product though

Posted by LKD on Jun-28-2006 17:09:

quote:
Originally posted by Euphorica

dell makes a good product though

no doubt....affordable as well..

however Toshiba laptops FTW

Posted by VERTiG0 on Jun-28-2006 17:18:

quote:
Originally posted by Euphorica
dell makes a good product though

Hahahahahahahhahahahahah!

*gasp* Wait hold on a second

AAAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH

You're kidding, right?

Posted by Orko on Jun-28-2006 17:20:

Dell laptops overheating? No way!

I hate Dell laptops

quote:
Originally posted by El Kay Dee
however Toshiba laptops FTW

Agreed. I made my mom buy a Toshiba

Posted by LKD on Jun-28-2006 17:20:

quote:
Originally posted by VERTiG0
Hahahahahahahhahahahahah!

*gasp* Wait hold on a second

AAAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH

You're kidding, right?

he didnt say best.

good, i can agree on...i know alot of Dell users and they are satisfied. if ur a pro user however, u would build ur own or get a better quality laptop.

u DO know that dell's laptops and printers are actually rebranded versions of other models out there right?

Posted by Abercrombie on Jun-28-2006 17:47:

Posted by VERTiG0 on Jun-28-2006 17:47:

quote:
Originally posted by El Kay Dee
u DO know that dell's laptops and printers are actually rebranded versions of other models out there right?

Of course, but their Inspiron laptops are piles of shit. I've never used a more fragile laptop. The Latitudes are quality though.

Posted by 4-play on Jun-28-2006 17:55:

Try using a 17" Macbook Pro. Now thats overheating!!!

Posted by NuERA on Jun-28-2006 17:57:

quote:
Originally posted by 4-play
Try using a 17" Macbook Pro. Now thats overheating!!!

yeah i heard your can flip it upside down and cook and egg on it

Posted by Euphorica on Jun-28-2006 19:38:

besides internet bash talk buy loser computer elitists...they make a good product

Posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* on Jun-28-2006 19:49:

I hate Dell.

But I <3 Del

Posted by Stingray on Jun-28-2006 19:50:

quote:
Originally posted by Euphorica
besides internet bash talk buy loser computer elitists...they make a good product

This was true in 1999.

Now they make cheap, run-of-the-mill computers for people who have friends that told them that Dell is the best thing in the world.

Posted by Jem_hadar on Jun-28-2006 23:56:

quote:
Originally posted by El Kay Dee

however Toshiba laptops FTW

Oh yeah! If I buy one ever, It'll likely be a Toshiba!

Posted by Misanthrope on Jun-29-2006 00:02:

been loving this baby for a while

Posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* on Jun-29-2006 01:56:

quote:
Originally posted by Misanthrope
been loving this baby for a while

Just wait until it bursts into flames too!

Posted by VERTiG0 on Jun-29-2006 02:10:

Macbook Pro, more like Firebook Pro

Posted by Abercrombie on Jun-29-2006 13:54:

quote:
Originally posted by VERTiG0
Macbook Pro, more like Firebook Pro

They coined the term 'Firewire' didn't they?

Posted by zokissima on Jun-29-2006 13:58:

Dell machines can be good, if you spend the money and get them to install quality products. Their support is their selling point.
Bashign dell has nothing to do with a computer elitist. The elitists build their own machines, and bash everything, with dell just getting it a bit more.

EDIT: If you can afford it, powerhouse IBM laptops are pretty nice.

Posted by Misanthrope on Jun-29-2006 14:13:

quote:
Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~*
Just wait until it bursts into flames too!

My Toshiba? we'll see.

Posted by King Luis on Jun-29-2006 14:16:

my company is using dell laptops. around 500 people in this one building. we had to go around checking each battery for the recall dell had a few months back.

Posted by Skipper on Jun-29-2006 14:17:

This story is making the rounds @ work with great success (I work for a dell competitor)

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