Macbook explodes on bloke's sofa

A MAC FAN who left his laptop in sleep mode was rudely awakened at three in the morning after it burst into flames.

"We were damn lucky not to have a house burnt to the ground," wrote Aussie MattyB on the Mactalk forum.

Hearing his housemate screaming and the dog barking Matty "jumped out of bed and raced out thinking that maybe somebody had come through the back door or something.

"As I was running I saw a fire. At first I thought that the lamp had fallen and set fire to the curtain. As I got closer I realised it was my mac book .... burning! I picked it up and blew on it and swung it around to put the flames out. The book shelf it was sitting on was burnt and there were a couple of magazines that were on fire too. I quickly put those out and calmed down," he wrote.

Matty reports that his battery had been acting a bit strangely of late so he'd left it to charge for the night.

"My housemate said she heard it hissing like a steam valve, then smoke started pouring out of it and a couple of seconds later, a very large flash fire started. I'm sure you have read about these and seen the Dell video*. This is what happened to my Macbook.

"The battery is swollen and burnt so it's definitely the battery that exploded and caught fire. The macbook is melted on the bottom and severely charred (along with my bookshelves, books, magazines and the wall). The space bar is melted as is the track pad. The screen has been damaged a little too."

Undeterred, Mac fan Matty notes: "Apple's service has been fantastic. They are replacing the laptop with a aluminium case macbook pro and will probably compensate for property damage where appropriate."

To "initiate a recall, they first need to know what caused the incident," he notes. µ

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* That'll be the "video" "Good Morning America" made using our two little pics, we guess.