Friday, January 18, 2008

Dell laptops in electric-shocker

Writers at Crave have discovered a worrying new feature in some Dell laptops: <A HREF="http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9852716-1.html?tag=nl.e501">If you touch them, you may get an electric shock.</A> This discharge can vary in strength from a gentle tingle to a sudden jolt. Disturbingly, you could also be shocked when connecting printers, PDAs and other peripherals to the offending laptops.

Several CNET staff were hit with an electrical charge while using Dell's new XPS M1530--and they're not the only ones. Dell's forums are littered with user complaints about the shocking experiences they've had with some systems.

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