Laptop Fire kills man in Vancouver

[Masked Bandit]

Originally posted by TorqueDog
I'm sure someone is bound to suggest legal action, but I don't think they should be able to. Someone already tried to protect you from your own stupidity.

That's fair. I agree that they SHOULDN'T BE ABLE to sue for something like this, but they will.

[Masked Bandit]

Originally posted by B4tMan
The reason they have that coffee warning is because someone won a lawsuit against them.

That's what I was referring to. The whole McDonalds thing.

[thetransporter]

Originally posted by euphoria


actually? my hp laptop is garbage, i leave it on my sofa for 2 minutes and its already hot. i swear if i really wanted to i could an egg on the underside of my laptop.

an egg? more like bbq a alberta beef steak.

[thetransporter]

haha u guys remember the "scientist" that burnt his penis using his notebook??

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/11...s_with_laptop/

[speedracer]

Originally posted by thetransporter
I think its about time, makers like Apple HP, Toshiba, Dell, Acer, make their computers run as cool as Sony VAIOs, in addition just to using Sony Batteries.

As pointed out below they suffer from the same problem.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by D'z Nutz
[B]

Yeah, because Sony VAIOs never have wiring or battery problems:

Originally posted by thetransporter

Yes, no company is perfect, why do they all use Sony batteries if sony is a problem?

Maybe I should be asking you why are there Toshiba. NEC, Hitachi ... in a Sony notebook. Is that because they make superior products that Sony can't produce?

Originally posted by thetransporter

It was bad design of the non sony computers (thermal, airfloor, etc) that contributed to the fires)

If your not going to read the articles and actually research the rest of the articles regarding the recall ... I guess over 7 million in SONY battery recalls is fake.

Originally posted by hampstor

- Sony's marketshare in notebook sales for north america is in the neighborhood of 4-5%. No one is flocking to them because of the battery recall. Their market share continues to shrink year of year. I wouldn't be surprised if they withdrew from the PC market within the next few years.

I'm also surprised how Sony is still there for producing pretty crappy machines.

I would have gathered - Small market share would equal small recall. Crazy thought.

Originally posted by thetransporter

Here in Calgary, WestPeak/SONY came within an hour
.....

That would be called paid support.

Sony is the best...

[spike98]

It really pisses me off that the news is blowing this up as much as it is. Really, its not the laptop that killed the man. It was a fire that killed him...


"Currling Iron Kills a Family of 4!!"

"Popcorn maker responsible for the death of 3!"


IMO it would be like saying that it was the planes that killed the people during 9/11 and NOT the terrorist.

Its like the "Exoploding Iphones" jesus fuck. 20 Documented case out of HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS sold. You have a better chance of winning the lottery while getting stuck by lightening that to have in iphone explode.

People are fucking retarded. Give anything more advanced than a fucking shovel to half the worlds population and they would still manage a way to fuck up there own shit! (read: Ask Leo Thread with vid of dude with shovel stuck in is head)