news.com.com— The recall affects certain Inspiron, Latitude and Precision mobile workstation units shipped between April 2004 and July 18, 2006.
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And why would that be? The problem isn't something that Dell did wrong, the problem is physically with the cell that Sony manufactured. There are other companies than Sony producing the exact same batteries for Dell with different cells and they haven't had an issue. Lenovo has used the exact same cells on their systems; maybe they're confident that they won't run into problems, but the defective Sony cell is in their batteries as well as countless other notebooks across the market. Dell is simply the first one to catch this issue.You should be thankful that Dell is willing to recall over four million batteries because of six incidents, not try to blame them for a manufacturing defect they had nothing to do with.
dnthompsAug 15, 2006
Dupe<a class="user" href="http://digg.com/search?area=all&age=7&sort=new&s=dell+battery+batteries">http://digg.com/search?area=all&age=7&sort=new&s=dell+battery+batteries</a> Orig<a class="user" href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Dell_Recalls_Millions_of_Notebook_Batteries_Because_of_Fire_Threat">http://digg.com/tech_news/Dell_Recalls_Millions_of_Notebook_Batteries_Because_of_Fire_Threat</a>
Closed AccountAug 15, 2006
Heh I wonder if their servers are running on the batteries...
calienteAug 15, 2006
Damn. Didn't win the lottery either. Getting a new battery would have been sweeet.
leevalAug 15, 2006
I just barley missed it by 3 digits
viralAug 15, 2006
And why would that be? The problem isn't something that Dell did wrong, the problem is physically with the cell that Sony manufactured. There are other companies than Sony producing the exact same batteries for Dell with different cells and they haven't had an issue. Lenovo has used the exact same cells on their systems; maybe they're confident that they won't run into problems, but the defective Sony cell is in their batteries as well as countless other notebooks across the market. Dell is simply the first one to catch this issue.You should be thankful that Dell is willing to recall over four million batteries because of six incidents, not try to blame them for a manufacturing defect they had nothing to do with.
computermattAug 15, 2006
Ha Ha!!
faclonxAug 15, 2006
We have over 100 Latitudes, I just spent the afternoon seeing almost every damned laptop in the corporation...
scb0825Aug 15, 2006
Sony is providing about $3.50. Give or take :)
duhblow7Aug 24, 2006
@dsn0wmanthat's what happens when you put a gas tank under the rear seats. Ford knows all too much about this. Even the Rustangs had this "feature"