[rescue] Powerbook Rescue

[Joost van de Griek]

On 23 Jun 2011, at 19:26 , William Barnett-Lewis wrote:

>> From: Ian Finder <ian.finder at gmail.com>
>> Some even died in balls of fire, if I recall.
>
> That was the 5300's lithium batteries. They replaced them with Ni-Cads,
IIRC.

*A* Li-ion battery died in a ball of fire in a testing lab. Apple recalled the
few that had shipped and replaced them with NiMH's. AFAIK, no 5300 batteries
in the wild ever caught fire.