The company said yesterday that it had received nine reports of overheating laptops, and was issuing an immediate global recall of 1.8m batteries in cooperation with the US consumer product safety commission (CPSC).
Last week Dell, the world's biggest computer maker, issued a recall of more than 4m batteries after laptops caught fire.
Apple said it knew of two cases of minor burns from overheated laptops, and asked customers to check with its website to find out if they are affected. The recall affects a large number of 12-inch iBook G4, 12-inch PowerBook G4, and 15-inch PowerBook G4 laptops sold since October 2003. The CPSC said most were sold in the US, but 700,000 were sold elsewhere. It is not yet clear how many went to Britain.
Both recalls are batteries made by Sony.-guardian
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