Dell is on FIRE

Again...

Published on July 28, 2006 By Zoomba In WinCustomize News

It seems Dell just can't catch a break lately. Yet another one of their laptops has bust into flames, with the battery burning straight through the bottom of the case. The report of the incident comes from a Toms Hardware forum member who was able to see first-hand the results of a burning Dell. Being the dutiful geek he is, he grabbed his digital camera and rushed to the scene of the disaster to snap a few shots.

Click on the link below to read the tale of woe, and see a few pictures of the aftermath.

Comments (Page 2)

Tarkus

on Jul 29, 2006

Apparently.

Buttermaker

on Jul 29, 2006

I am still baffled as to why people would bother with Dell. It's been one of the worst companies to buy a computer with in the past, yet people are dumb enough to still buy them. I wouldn't touch them with a ten foot pole.

Neon5589

on Jul 29, 2006

Wow...

DesignCaddy

on Jul 30, 2006

It's been one of the worst companies to buy a computer with in the past, yet people are dumb enough to still buy them.

My, my. Unless you've got some good stories of your own, you should take your hands off the keyboard 'cause i don't think you know what you're talkin about.

I'm at the end of a long line of building my own machines. Considering what i put computers through, i'm out right astonished at what my first dell was doing for me at work, so much that i bought a second for home.

I don't believe that makes me an idiot.

So far the hardware's been great, i've had to deal with customer service several times ranging from financing to software troubleshooting, to product questions and i've been very pleased. I've been consistantly suprised at how well they treat me as a customer and at the value for the buck.

My company has lots of dells. The company in that photo was entirely decked out with dell. Dell is the largest computer manufacturer in the world. Wow there must be an awful lot of stupid people out there. Or maby doing business with dell 'aint so bad afterall.

By the way.. your cell phone has just as much of a chance of exploding.

SKoriginals

on Jul 30, 2006

I have a Dell laptop I do nearly all my 'internet' stuff on. Nearly 2 years old now. Not one single hardware problem yet. It gets a little hot from time to time, but never hot enough for anything like that to happen. And, in most cases all I need to do is clean out the dust and she's running cool again. Course, my model looks nothing like the guys in the pics either which might make a difference too

jose rey alo

on Jul 30, 2006

at least it was not on the poor guy's lap

greatkoogly

on Jul 31, 2006

to #2 by Apprentice Mark Snyder

you bought a toshiba, huh?

well, you should check out some forums re: toshiba laptops. they just "stop working" --- hardware design= BAD!

mine sitll acts up (HUGE dust build up constantly) but i replaced the hard drive AFTER toshiba had "fixed" the problem. damn static electricity. read on:

(search google "toshiba support" or "toshiba laptop forum")

starter link: http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/search/results/?Keywords=toshiba&x=29&y=9&Where=1

catluvr2

on Jul 31, 2006

Oh dear.

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