I’ve had my Dell laptop for about 3 1/2 years and until about three
months ago it was my everyday computer.  It always ran a little hot and
the fan made a hell of a racket, but otherwise it performed pretty
well.  Then it started acting hinky and I decided to get a desktop and
only use it when I was on the road for extended periods of time.

I came across this story about a Dell laptop that exploded and now I’m thinking I might need to unload the thing altogether.  Scary.