It hasn't been a really good year battery-wise. Battery defects made the news with overheating and spontaneous combustion. Today, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said it will begin mass producing a new and improved lithium-ion battery, one that presumably will not melt your PowerBook. Good news for consumers, even at the slightly higher prices anticipated for the more advanced technology. This DFW article does not reveal exactly how the new batteries will be changed in order to minimize the risk of spontaneous combustion, but "not bursting into flames" would be a good start.After recalls and fires, Matsushita to offer new lithium battery
It hasn't been a really good year battery-wise. Battery defects made the news with overheating and spontaneous combustion. Today, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said it will begin mass producing a new and improved lithium-ion battery, one that presumably will not melt your PowerBook. Good news for consumers, even at the slightly higher prices anticipated for the more advanced technology. This DFW article does not reveal exactly how the new batteries will be changed in order to minimize the risk of spontaneous combustion, but "not bursting into flames" would be a good start.
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12-19-2006 @ 9:33AM
Paul D. Spradling said...
Matsushita can suck my balls. My MacBook burns coasters ~40% of the time because of it's POS MatsuSHITa drive.
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12-20-2006 @ 9:30PM
Sherman Homan said...
At least the headline doesn't read "PowerBook Bursts into Flames!"
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12-21-2006 @ 8:00AM
Paul D. Spradling said...
oops, my SuperDrive is Matshita not Matsushita, sorry :/
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