Exploding lap-tops
Under the circumstances, I'll post this on R & N rather than the computer forum. Just to add to the chaos.
NY Times daily e-mail report.
"Dell is recalling 4.1 million notebook computer batteries because they could erupt in flames, the company said yesterday. It will be the largest safety recall in the history of the consumer electronics industry, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said."
They also said that they were made by Sony.
I don't really want one of these to go off in the cabin, but in the hold??!!
To anyone that has not seen one of these explosions, it is dramatic in the extreme, with a meter wide fireball that can gut the interior of a car in a few seconds.
EDIT:
Trying to cope with such a fire is dangerous...there can be repeated secondary explosions due to the numerous cells.