Dell laptop explodes at Japanese conference

[Durandal]

I'm waiting for the TSA to add Dell laptops to their list of explosives you're not allowed to bring on a plane.

[Dennis Toy]

ZOMGWTF DELL = t3H 3v1L t3rr0r15tS!!!!(shift+101)

actually it should be DELL = t3h eB0l T3rr0isTs


Maybe this laptop exploded because a plasma conduit ruptured and caused an overload of the iso-linear circuitry.

[Glocksman]

I'm waiting for the TSA to add Dell laptops to their list of explosives you're not allowed to bring on a plane.

They'll add it right below the 'Apple G4 notebook and MacBookPro' entries.

[Shogoki]

Does Dell even do any actual battery manufacturing?

[Cao Cao]

I find myself noticing the glass of water on that table to the left on that picture, and what looks like a jug on the very right..

Water is very, VERY bad for an electrical fire, which this almost assuredly was.

No, no. I was implying that maybe somebody walked by and accidentally spilled water onto the laptop making the battery fry.
I just find it odd that there'd be water right in the middle of a bunch of electrical equipment with dozens of people passing by.

[Durandal]

I'm waiting for the TSA to add Dell laptops to their list of explosives you're not allowed to bring on a plane.

They'll add it right below the 'Apple G4 notebook and MacBookPro' entries.

I would imagine the TSA would not only allow but encourage Apple products to be brought on planes. They're so pretty that the terrorists would get distracted if they tried a hijacking.

[Glocksman]

Does Dell even do any actual battery manufacturing?

Dell doesn't actually 'manufacture' anything. What they do is assemble systems from ODM's such as Compal, Clevo and Quanta for resale (IIRC, Apple does the same thing).
Where Dell excels is inventory management and marketing.