Daily Apple Quiz » PowerPC http://www.dailyapplequiz.com A new Apple trivia quiz question every weekday! Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:31:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Call the fire department, honey! http://www.dailyapplequiz.com/call-the-fire-department-honey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=call-the-fire-department-honey http://www.dailyapplequiz.com/call-the-fire-department-honey/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:36:51 +0000 aj http://www.dailyapplequiz.com/?p=347 laptop on fire

Do I smell something burning in here?

In the mid-1990s, Apple’s reputation had begun to take a hit, in part due to the fact that the company failed to maintain its competitive lead in laptop computers. When Apple shipped the first batch of new PowerBooks containing the new PowerPC processor, things only got worse.

Two of the early production models caught fire. The new laptop model featured lithium-ion (LiIon) batteries that were manufactured by Sony, and the batteries could overheat and catch fire due to excess pressure inside the cells.

Nobody was hurt in the 2 incidents that occurred, but Apple’s reputation for quality was seriously hurt.

Which trouble-prone Apple laptop model had a habit of going up in smoke when it was first introduced?

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