Apple Computer yesterday recalled 1.8 million batteries that could cause their Mac laptops to overheat and catch fire.
Apple said it has received nine reports of lithium-ion battery packs overheating, including two cases in which users suffered minor burns and some cases involving minor property damage.
The Apple recall only applies to older notebooks - not the just-released Macbooks and Macbook Pros.
The company's move comes ten days after Dell's record-setting notebook battery recall.
Both recalls involve lithium-ion batteries made by a Sony subsidiary in Japan, where the manufacturing process introduced metal particles into battery cells.
