> Shows just how little you know about Macs, and how much you subscribe > to the media's popular drivel. I've owned a 5300 grayscale since it > was new, and it is still a great laptop. After 7 years, I recently > retired it in favor of a new iBook, but you know what; show me any PC > crap that lasts 7 year, and will work well still. The fact of the matter is that precisely *one* PowerBook 5300 battery caught fire, and that was in Apple's testing lab. <http://www.macworld.com/1995/12/news/1608.html>. That led to the recall. BRIAN/bpearce at cloud9.net