[thelist] iBooks, OS X, Macs, Web Development, Laptops, Etc, Etc

[Chris Kaminski]

On Tuesday, June 11, 2002, at 11:38 PM, Arlen.P.Walker at jci.com wrote:

> Always love to see this hoary old chestnut trotted out. Unlike
> Dell, Apple
> caught that particular bit before it got into the wild. The only
> two known
> thermal incidents with a 5300 happened in Apple's own labs. Dell
> wasn't so
> lucky.

I don't have a source, so I'll concede for now, but that's not what
I remember reading in the Mac pubs of the time.

> If you're curious, the fault was in a bad charging setup for the
> Lithium
> Ion battery. This means, BTW, that unless you're charging it in
> your lap,
> it's not getting hot.

Ummm, the TiBook gets good and toasty. Trust me. I've used one.


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