Apple Recalls Laptop Computer Batteries
Apple is recalling at least 1.8m batteries after incessant overheating complaints. The laptop computers mostly affected are Powerbook G4 and Ibook G4. Apple’s decision comes barely one week after Dell announced a massive recall program of 4m batteries last week. Like Dell laptop computer announcement, Apple has recalled batteries for laptops sold between 2003 and 2006.
Important to note though is that the latest recall by Apple does not affect its new line of Powerpc and powerpro notebooks.
A statement posted on Apple’s official website read, “we discovered that some sony batteries in previous models do not meet Apples’s standards for safety and performance.”
The latest recall of batteries by the PC giants can been attributed to US safety officials who have explicitly stated that the faulty batteries were supplied by Sony.
As owner of a Dell Latitude D600 notebook, I have already noted signs of overheating signs. With one of the largest battery recalls underway, it is important for other PC giants to note vital lessons from what has happened to their two competitors and take adequate measures to prevent the same.
There is certainly a degree of image dent involved here for the two PC Companies. The Consumer Product Protection Commision (US) has come true on its promise to make public any PC customer complaints like in the latest case in which 9 people sustained minor burns from laptop battery explosions.
Oh, no! This has happened as I was just about to make a historical switch from being a PC to being a Mac user-cum-owner. I beg for a rest now.