User: Hello, Dell support? My laptop just exploded.
Dell Support: Have you tried rebooting?
User: No, it's on fire!
Dell Support: OK, then let's try reformatting your hard drive.
Posted on 06/22/2006 6:57:59 PM PDT by Spktyr
Dell laptop explodes at Japanese conference
INQ reader's amazing snaps
By INQUIRER newsdesk: Wednesday 21 June 2006, 13:22 AN INQUIRER READER attending a conference in Japan was sat just feet away from a laptop computer that suddenly exploded into flames, in what could have been a deadly accident.
Gaston, our astonished reader reports: "The d*** [edit mine] thing was on fire and produced several explosions for more than five minutes".
Should you witness such an event, his advice is, "Don't try anything courageous/stupid, stay away, away, away!"
"For the record, this is a Dell machine," notes Gaston. "It is only a matter of time until such an incident breaks out on a plane," he suggests.
Our witness managed to catch all the action in these amazing pictures.
"Fire extinguishers leave a mess on your suit and belongings; pack your stuff (if you can) and leave, leave, leave!" he advises.
We don't have any further details of the model of the computer in question. In light of the evidence, however, we'd suggest you avoid actually using a laptop on your lap. Ouch.
"Advise: GET A MAC"
A MAC doesn't seem to do anything
for one's syntax. Advise?
You would think there would be some sort of fuse, or breaker installed in laptops if this is such a problem.
Get. A. Macintosh. :)
That's what they get for buying a Dell made in China.
It's either an Inspiron or Latitude. The border around the screen looks like a Latitude.
And only 2 minutes and 8 seconds before the first, smug, condescending Macs "are so much better than Windoze computers" comment.
Might be one of the new Inspirons; we just got a bunch of them for a client of mine and they look similar.
...he was reading yahoo news about the wildfires Bush caused in the southwest and got too close. He got Roved.
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User: Hello, Dell support? My laptop just exploded.
Dell Support: Have you tried rebooting?
User: No, it's on fire!
Dell Support: OK, then let's try reformatting your hard drive.
I think it was a Dell AQ model (al-Qaeda )
Macs with battery problems didn't ever explode, they just quietly melted. This Dell converted itself into medium velocity shrapnel.
Wow. Now I understand that "blue screen of death" thing.
"Dude, you're gettin' a. . ." BOOM!
Wow. For me it was only my Dell's video card that went last Friday, producing the white screen of death. I guess I got off lucky.
PING! Exploding Dell....Should have bought a Mac....hehehhe
Your mission should you...
Teh porn they guy downloaded was too hot for the Dell!
Or maybe the guy was just overclocking... :-)
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