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Oh shit, MORE exploding laptops!

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

Dude, you’re not getting a Dell or an Apple, because BATTERIES A-SPLODEY!!

…Well, A-OVERHEATEY, actually. But A-SPLODEY sounds more dramatic.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Apple is recalling 1.8 million battery packs for its iBook and PowerBook notebook computers because of an overheating problem, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced Thursday.

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Apple consumers with affected products should stop using the recalled batteries immediately and contact Apple for a replacement battery, free of charge.

Consumers should remove the batteries from their notebooks and use the AC adapter to power their computers.

Apple can be contacted at 1-800-275-2273 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Central Time all week, or customers can log on to its Web site at http://support.apple.com/batteryprogram.