Originally posted by nightzip:
[b]Mac Laptop Explodes Flames
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Apple laptops are known for their tendency to run hot; apparently,
they run hot enough that they sometimes burst into flames....
According to WCCO, a Twin Cities television station, Nick Brown,
11, was playing on his Apple iBook laptop about one month ago when
he got distracted and left the room.
His mom, Cindy Brown, explains what happened next. My husband and
I were in the other room, heard a popping noise, came out and the
room was filled with smoke, she said. Heat from the laptop, which
was lying on the floor, had started melting the carpet. The Browns
quickly carried it outside.
It was five minutes and (the computer) was in flames, said Brown.
The computer burst into flames. It doesnt seem real that you
would have a fire in a computer. We all could have died, and the
house could have burned down.
Laptops do sometimes burst into flames. There are at least 43
reported incidents in the last two years. In 2004 and 2005, Apple,
Dell and Hewlett Packard collectively recalled more than 300,000
laptop batteries due to fire hazards.
The Browns case is now under investigation by the Consumer Product
Safety Commission
bottom line is never to leave your laptop unattended...cuz it may
just burn down your house!! 
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This one, they left a kid who left the iBook on a CARPET. In
dell's case, adults left it on a TABLE.
Kinda weird though, the iBook, they practically pulled the plug
from the wall instead of from the iBook (its still attached to the
iBook) and they actually went to get their video camera to film
it.
