Bangladesh man killed after laptop "burst into flames"

[Zabaniyah]

My friends bought Compaq before HP takeover of compaq, most of them have to visit service center once in a 6 months. The quality improved a lot after HP bought it.

Maybe. But there are better laptop brands out there with competitive prices.

I'm using ASUS.

Mine is also a Compaq

sh!t i am using Compaq
as iam typing

Uh oh...

 

[laiqs@mi]

Mine is also a Compaq

Run for your life dear
compaq better made bombs to kill people silently

Maybe. But there are better laptop brands out there with competitive prices.

I'm using ASUS.

Asus a very good brand. i like
it but .... i am using an hp

 

[kobiraaz]

This is why i love my desktop. Switched on for two months!! I do have a HP elite book, but i don't use it. I hate laptops.

 

[LaBong]

Maybe. But there are better laptop brands out there with competitive prices.

I'm using ASUS.





Uh oh...

Hmmmm. Contemplating buying Asus Zenbook Prime/Acer Aspire S7/Macbook Air.

 

[jaunty]

Probably RAW conspiracy :|

 

[Zabaniyah]

Hmmmm. Contemplating buying Asus Zenbook Prime/Acer Aspire S7/Macbook Air.

If you have money, Mac is the way to go.

Probably RAW conspiracy :|

Yeah, I was suspecting that.

 

[Luffy 500]

Is this at all possible, being killed by a laptop bursting into flames. As far as I know there are safety precautions like fuses that burns off if the Lap top becomes too heated. A engineer would know better I guess.

 

[KRAIT]

Sometimes I do think that my laptop will explode.

 

[notsuperstitious]

Too much flaming I guess.

Sorry for him and his family though. Unlikely caused by the laptop.

 

[Yeti]

Least it's not as bad as those Chinese exploding watermelons

 

[LaBong]

If you have money, Mac is the way to go.



Yeah, I was suspecting that.

Apparently Macbook Air is cheaper than the Acer model. :|

Will probably go for Zenbook Prime if it integrates touchscreen for Win8.

 

[RazPaK]

Mine is also a Compaq

Haha, adios amigo.

 

[cyphercide]

RIP. The possibility of laptops overheating and burning your laps has always been existent(although the device itself bursting into flames is rare). That's the real reason why companies advertise them as notebooks these days and not laptops, It's to avoid legal action from consumers.

 

[Zabaniyah]

Some relief for Compaq users.

Senior fire service official Anwarul Hoque and Mirpur's Deputy Commissioner of Police Imtiaz Ahmad visited the scene in the afternoon.

They confirmed they did not find any sign of the fire originating from any electric problems or from the laptop.

They could not confirm immediately how the fire started and said they will wait for reports.

Qamrul's nephew 'burned to death' | Bangladesh | bdnews24.com

What likely happened was that he died from drugs. It was most likely a drug mishap.

To think of exploding laptops, airline security wouldn't allow laptops into aircraft cabins in the first place.

Yeah, I admit I was freaked out since I'm a laptop user