[Libloather]

Stay safe - stick with Windows...

[coconutt2000]

Nah, buy a Mac... Macs rule... Even if Steve Jobs is a big liberal.

[steplock]

Apple is not financially responsible for this recall

Apple is not responsible for ANYTHING! Sounds like a bunch of typical leftists/democrats

[afnamvet]

I'm not affected. Windoze?

[detch]

I bought my 15 inch in December 2003, with slightly lower serial number -- HQ350...
My battery gets VERY HOT and runs out of juice quickly. Does anyone know where to go to register complaint or file for recall?

[applemac_g4]

Apple isn't making the sort of machines it once did. This is their third serious hardware problem with laptop computers in recent history.

First were the screen problems with the aluminium case Powerbook G4's.

Then came the rash of screen and logic board failures with the iBook G3 (square, not purse shaped) computers - which, by the way, has not been fixed.

Now this.

Add to that Apple finds itself once again in a position where the premium it charges for its machines is getting "too high" while the horsepower for the dollar is lacking.

The good old days in Cupertino are long gone.

[1L]

Most recent memory notebooks get hot on the bottom. Some worse than others. My wife's Dell is hotter than my IBM. But the hottest I've ever felt is the Powerbook. In fact, it isn't even close.

[Bush2000]

I can't wait to buy Apple G5 Fireworks Edition...

[Hank Rearden]

Sniff, sniff. "Hey, is your laptop on fire?"

Stink different.

[Musket]

Stay safe - stick with Windows...

[anonymous_user]

I ordered my replacement battery from their website yesterday (8/19), and received it about 24 hours later.

[antiRepublicrat]

Stay safe - stick with Windows...

Stay safe - stick with, well, is there any laptop made that doesn't have batteries made cheaply in some foreign country?

[Swordmaker]

Belated Mac Ping.

If you want on or off the Mac Ping Lisit, freepmail me.

[Swordmaker]

"Apple has received four reports of overheating though no injuries have been reported, the consumer protection agency said."

FOUR, (4), the number between three and five... reports of overheating and they are recalling the batteries. THAT is service.

It is also obvious from this article that the Korean manufacturer is picking up the tab, not Apple... probably because their product does not meet Apple's stringent specs.

[krb]

Anyone know what battery chemistry and voltage are used in these units?