So sitting in the offices today at Next New Networks, we were alerted to a tragedy of epic proportion. As he was charging his battery earlier company founder and creative director, Fred Seibert experienced the unthinkable! The battery for his 17-inch Macbook Pro suffered a rupture due, I think, to previously addressed battery defects.
No but seriously, if you haven’t sent in your recalled batteries yet, get on that stuff. They can, as you see here, explode. We were at least fortunate enough to not be engulfed in a fiery lithium ion inferno.
Bonus pics after the jump!
Last Sunday I started having problems with my trackpoint on my MBP 17 inch and was horrified to turn it over and see the battery sweeling. Since i have removed the battery it continues to get worse. I purchased the laptop last july in ireland for almsot 3500 euro, and now a new battery is close to 200e i expected alot more from my mac! :(