Daily Archives: August 29, 2009

$600 for a Flaming Laptop? We can do much better than that!

Three years ago, Dell made the news in a big way with their flaming laptops which burst into flames, transformed into flamethrowers, or, if you were really lucky, spontaneously combusted (“Another Dell Laptop Burns” RegHardware.co.uk)! And everyone wanted a piece of the action.

But not everyone had $600+ lying around to get in on the action, and in this economy, even $60 can be hard to come buy for those who want their very own piece of flaming electronics memorabilia. But Walmart was up to the challenge! Their entry: a small, light-weight silver-colored Durabrand DVD (CPSC.gov) player that, when overheated, could burst into flames for a a mere $29! What a steal!

 

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