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Information Technology News Apple issues MacBook battery alert | Apple issues MacBook battery alert |
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| by Stan Beer | |
| Monday, 30 April 2007 | |
  
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Like all major notebook manufacturers, Apple's portable computers use high performance lithium ion batteries. In August last year, Apple like Dell, Lenovo and other first tier vendors using Sony batteries, was forced into a massive worldwide recall of 1.8 million batteries suspected of suffering a manufacturing defect that could cause the batteries to short, overheat and explode into flames in a process called thermal runaway. While there is no suggestion that the current battery issue at Apple has anything to do with overheating, the vendor does issue a request for owners to return notebooks with batteries to authorised Apple shops if, among other things, the "battery pack is visibly deformed." How a battery could come to be visibly deformed is left unsaid. In an effort to keep good faith with customers, Apple has extended the battery warranty on notebooks with Core Duo processors to up to two years from the date of purchase. More details are available on the Apple site.{moscomment} |
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