[P1] Blatantly false statements on list

[Brian Pearce]

> 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