What is Digg?392 Comments
- battletops, on 03/13/2008, -2/+277The Digg effect?
- ibayliss, on 03/13/2008, -8/+258maybe that was my macbook. :) yeah, it was pretty crazy when it was happening.
- coredump0x01, on 03/13/2008, -1/+195I always knew this comment system would end up threatening someone's life with fire eventually.
- Georgy, on 03/13/2008, -10/+181And once this hits the front page, apple will scramble to give him a brand new top of the line macbook pro
Typical... - hellyes, on 03/13/2008, -0/+134He must have been trying to load the comments system.
- unicronband, on 03/13/2008, -1/+130Did you google Google?
- kinseyincanada, on 03/13/2008, -11/+127thats what happens when you open more than 5 tabs of Digg on a Mac
- Shreyasva, on 03/13/2008, -5/+111Maybe he should invest on a good fire extinguisher rather than a fire wall
- Zippo, on 03/13/2008, -3/+97That's crazy... I own a Macbook Pro and surf digg all the time and nothing ever's happ
- inactive, on 03/13/2008, -1/+74Xenu did it, because you dugg an anonymous article.
- l0k0, on 03/13/2008, -3/+75That would scare the crap out of me.
- MikeBasinger, on 03/13/2008, -3/+71That is not a bug, its a feature.
- NonLeftistDiggr, on 03/13/2008, -31/+99wow, that sucks that the device you paid twice the normal price for blew up
- joltjake, on 03/13/2008, -3/+50I blame the comment system.
- xdeliriumx, on 03/13/2008, -0/+42You didnt happen to have the webcam recording when this was happening, did you?
- jackyyll, on 03/13/2008, -0/+34This is why you never cross the streams....
- Dralite, on 03/13/2008, -2/+34Digg kills servers... Digg KILLS SERVERS!!!
- jakem1, on 03/13/2008, -9/+38Get a Mac. It just...explodes?
- fani, on 03/13/2008, -2/+30MBP's do run a bit hot.
My 2.33GHz MBP runs 50C idle and around 65-70C when under heavy load. I have the smcfancontrol tweaker that makes the fan spin faster 6000rpm when temp goes high.
Without it, I've seen it hit like 85C-90C... Scary.... - mrdoogee, on 03/13/2008, -2/+28My Macbook runs just fine on Di
- hiplibrarian, on 03/13/2008, -1/+26alright, isn't that eno
- michaelyurechko, on 03/13/2008, -2/+27Well, it technically exploded since the back popped open and flames started shooting out.
- inactive, on 03/13/2008, -6/+29Liar. He was trying to download a 500 gb porn torrent.
- mikesbaker, on 03/13/2008, -8/+30Macs are just PCs with an alternative OS these days
- stargatesteve, on 03/13/2008, -3/+24And his server asplodes shortly after...
- MoonwalkingBird, on 03/13/2008, -1/+19You reply to a comment which is a reply to comment which is also a reply to comment to which the comment you replied to is already replied 4 hours before you did.
Not to mention the comment is four comments up. Fail. - inactive, on 03/13/2008, -0/+16The digg comment system claims another victim!
- ChromaVita, on 03/13/2008, -0/+15If your macbook pro blew up while reading this story in digg, that would be interesting.
- Olmen, on 03/13/2008, -7/+22I was just headed down the store to get myself a macbook pro after my good ol' water cooled windows miracle pc bit the dust. But exploding macs? Burning desks? I don't know dude... i just don't know :P Oh well what the heck!
- inactive, on 03/13/2008, -8/+23Apple is to hardware as Starbucks is to coffee beans.
- jasz, on 03/13/2008, -1/+15Must have been rickrolled too many times...
- Subriot, on 03/13/2008, -7/+21I wish you luck with getting everything resolved.
- inactive, on 03/13/2008, -0/+13this is actually normal. the core 2 duo is designed to reach 100 degrees C without failing. (The other components are a different story, but they aren't as hot anyway.)
notice that apple (and everyone else) removed all references to the word "laptop" now. they call them notebook computers now. - nikipedia, on 03/14/2008, -1/+13Seriously, come on n
- inactive, on 03/13/2008, -1/+12You're doing it wrong. you have to say the full candlejack first, th
- michaelyurechko, on 03/13/2008, -2/+13I don't know, they haven't gotten back to him yet...
- DaHuuuuuudge, on 03/13/2008, -2/+13MacBook Pro, the new Candleja
- rspeed, on 03/13/2008, -0/+11Last I checked Apple doesn't keep the battery in the display hinge.
- DrDeThToAzT, on 03/14/2008, -0/+11No, He Dugg Digg.
- GuyHersh, on 03/13/2008, -1/+11Mirrors:
Same story, different sites:
http://chris.pirillo.com/2008/03/11/laptop-fire/
http://jamesbayliss.com/ - affanjam, on 03/13/2008, -3/+13Jesus..who runs a server on a laptop!! Thats practically murder!!
- intellimouse, on 03/13/2008, -1/+11Maybe, just maybe it's because we are constantly spoon fed so many positive things about Apple that it's nice to hear when ***** blows up?
- Leiterfluid, on 03/13/2008, -4/+13You should have disabled your bulls**t filter while surfing digg. It probably got overloaded.
- gw8t3st, on 03/13/2008, -4/+13you mean "Oh Shi-"
- noahhoward, on 03/13/2008, -1/+10Something was done about the batteries. They were replaced... free.
- rinote, on 03/13/2008, -11/+20In Soviet Russia, Digg effect crashes you!
- bbqsalad, on 03/13/2008, -4/+12HOW DARE YOU?!
- inactive, on 03/13/2008, -10/+18A comment from the site:
I’m calling shenanigans. This guy dropped water on his computer or something. I’ve taken apart hundreds of macbook pros and powerbooks and here’s what bothers me about this image.
A. The part that is melted is the clutch cover, it covers the inverterboard which supplies power to the backlight. Odd thing the inverter board, as a simple converter, it doesn’t exude any heat. Even when it’s not working well. It’s a circuit board about ten cm long and one cm wide with plugs on either side. There is nothing that could cause an inverter board to get hot enough, IN THE MIDDLE, to melt the clutch cover.
B. The scorching on the bottom casing. This scorching doesn’t line up with the fans, the heatsink, or the processors. The heatsink/fans on the macbook pro/powerbooks channel heat to the right and left of the bottom case ventilation channel, NOT the middle. There just isn’t any component capable of making enough heat to melt the plastic where it’s melted. This doesn’t add up from a technical standpoint.
This seems like a ploy to get attention for pirillo’s blog, but for his sake I hope it’s not. I’m afraid of Apple Legal and I’ve never even worked for the company. Hope this is legit, because if it isn’t there’s no way it’ll stand up if and when the Apple wolves bring the defamation suit smackdown. - UKsHaDoW, on 03/13/2008, -2/+10ironic
- mrpacco, on 03/13/2008, -7/+15Thanks for contributing nothing.
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