The Apple battery recall has taken a few confusing turns since the news broke last week. Support pages have been moved and consolidated. The line of recalled batteries has been updated. Finally, there are a couple of recall programs underway, which was not noted last week. As of this writing, Monday August 28, the following […]
Apple has determined that certain lithium-ion batteries containing cells manufactured by Sony Corporation of Japan pose a safety risk that may result in overheating under rare circumstances. The affected batteries were sold worldwide from October 2003 through August 2006 for use with the following notebook computers: 12-inch iBook G4, 12-inch PowerBook G4 and 15-inch PowerBook […]
Apple is recalling 1.8 million lithium-ion notebook batteries after nine devices overheated, causing minor burns in two users. Apparently this is the second-biggest computer battery recall in U.S. history, after Dell’s recall of 4.1 million lithium-ion batteries. Both companies use batteries made by Sony Corp.. These are batteries used in G4 iBooks and G4 PowerBooks. […]
Dell has been in the news for its massive recall of over four million laptop batteries. Most of these faulty batteries simply short-circuit, and won’t keep a charge; however, in some cases, the battery will actually catch on fire. This is a serious problem. To read more, and to see what machines are affected, visit […]
The PowerMac name is being retired after 8 years of use, and the new machine will be called the Mac Pro. “Pro” is the operative word here; high-end professionals are the target market for this high-end machine. Apple threw down the gauntlet with the Mac Pro – it’s a very impressive system. It’s always a […]
At Small Dog Electronics, we’ve been so busy updating Smalldog.com with the details of the new Mac Pro and Xserve, that we haven’t had time to post to our blog! We are writing Tech Tails today, which will focus on the details of the Mac Pro, new Xeon-based Xserves, and the Leopard preview. We’ll post […]
As most Mac aficionados know, today is the official start of the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC.) Apple is set to unveil some new hardware, as well as offer a preview of OS 10.5, codename “Leopard.” Don Mayer is at the WWDC, so he’ll see everything first hand. Hopefully he’ll have a chance to post to […]
Six years ago, in July 2000, the G4 Cube was introduced to the world. There were plenty of “ooos” “ahhhs” and, of course, a few “it costs how much?!” A Cube with 450 MHz G4 processor, 20 GB hard drive, and 64 MB of RAM cost $1799, while the Cube with a 500 MHz G4, […]
Apple has initiated a worldwide battery exchange program for certain rechargeable batteries that were sold for use with 15-inch MacBook Pro computer systems from February 2006 through May 2006. The affected batteries have model number A1175 and a 12-digit serial number that ends with U7SA, U7SB or U7SC. Apple says “some 15-inch MacBook Pro batteries […]
We all know that Steve Jobs will preview Leopard at the WWDC in San Francisco on August 7th. What we don’t know is when Leopard will actually be released. Speculation ranges from September (when Jaguar was released,) to January, as many people anticipate, or possibly even at the WWDC. For Mac OS X Server users, […]
