On Aug 19, 2004, at 10:33 AM, Marcin Wichary wrote:
Sorry if somebody mentioned it before and I missed it...
"In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and other international safety authorities,
Cue:
1) People complaining that their batteries in their new 12" iBook must be bad too, and Apple is evil for not replacing their batteries! That's it's all a coverup personally directed by Steve Jobs from his sickbed.
2) 257 posts "Does this mean my TiBook/Pismo/Wallstreet/5300/Mac Portable battery is covered?" followed by the Apple-is-evil theme when told it is not.
3) Windrone Pundits claiming that hundreds of Mac powerbooks have burst into flames and it's offically 'Beleagured' time for Apple again.
Fast forward 5 years, and common wisdom will be that Apple had a huge problem with 17" laptops bursting into flames in 2004, where dozens of people were badly injured "A friend of a friend's sister's husbands second cousin's best friend's neighbor had it happen to THEM!" and "They're going to go out of business any day now!"
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