Batteries have been in the news for the past months with stories of explosions and fires. Dell is the latest company to be bothered with the possibility of laptop batteries exploding.Sony makes the batteries that are in current recall, which includes 4.1 million batteries from thirty-three laptops in Dell's manufacturing line.
Lithium is a fairly dangerous element and anything that has to do with Lithium should not be taken lightly.
Many people blame the fact that since most parts for laptops, and computers in general, are crappy due to them being built in China.
Dell is reassuring consumers that the only way this happens is if there is a short circuit and that only happens in rare circumstances.
Dell isn't the only company that has been having problems with batteries lately. The first we started hearing reports of bad batteries was with Apple's new MacBook Pro. This has been photoed and you can find photos on the internet of swelling and exploding batteries.
Best advice for now? Keep your laptop off your lap and turn it off when you don't use it. Dell says for their computers in particular to shut down the laptop, take out the battery, and plug in your laptop to use it.
Who's next? HP/Compaq? Sony? Acer? Time will only tell.
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