>Recalling 4 million batteries seems like non-cost-effective
>approach. How many of these buggers have blown ?
>Would not a warning and insurance be cheaper ?

That is not the way the system works. There is no guarantee that the ones
still "out there" are save, they could fail at any time, through what is
apparently a diagnosed mechanism. No amount of insurance and warnings is
cheaper if it is your house/work place/car/airplane that gets cought in the
conflagration when it fails.

Alan (owner of a Dell with a battery not on the list) ...

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