Editing PowerBook (section)

====Battery recall====
[[Image:Powerbookbatteryrecall1.jpg|right|frame|Model and serial number location on PowerBook battery]]
On May 20, 2005, Apple and the [[Consumer Product Safety Commission]] announced the recall of some Apple PowerBook G4 batteries. These batteries were manufactured by [[Sony]]; [[Dell]], [[Toshiba]], [[Lenovo]], [[Hewlett-Packard|HP]], [[Fujitsu]] and [[Acer Inc.|Acer]] laptops were also affected by the defective batteries. The joint Apple/CPSC press release stated that an internal short could cause the battery cells to overheat, posing a fire hazard.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml05/05179.html|title=CPSC, Apple Announce Recall of iBook and PowerBook Computer Batteries|date=May 20, 2005|work=Apple/CPSC press release|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120703080946/http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml05/05179.html|archive-date=July 3, 2012|access-date=June 2, 2007}}</ref> Approximately 128,000 defective units were sold. Though the problems first appeared to be solved, they continued for many users. In early August 2006, [[Engadget]] reported that a PowerBook had "violently exploded" because of faulty battery.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.engadget.com/2006/08/06/another-powerbook-violently-explodes/ | title=Another PowerBook violently explodes | author=Ryan Block | date=August 6, 2006 | work=Engadget | access-date=June 2, 2007 | archive-date=September 15, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220915134957/https://www.engadget.com/2006-08-06-another-powerbook-violently-explodes.html | url-status=live }}</ref> On August 24, 2006, Apple and the CPSC announced an additional recall of more batteries for the same PowerBook models.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cpsc.gov/CPSCPUB/PREREL/prhtml06/06245.html|title=Apple Announces Recall of Batteries Used in Previous iBook and PowerBook Computers Due To Fire Hazard|date=August 24, 2006|work=Apple/CSPC press release|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070616070221/http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml06/06245.html|archive-date=June 16, 2007|access-date=June 2, 2007}}</ref> About 1.1 million battery packs in the United States were recalled; an additional 700,000 were sold outside the U.S.