“About 4.4 million AC adapters sold worldwide with Dell notebooks between September 1998 and February 2002 were recalled Friday.

Dell sold the adapters with its Latitude, Inspiron and Precision series of computers, as well as separately. Delta Electronics, based in Taipei, Taiwan, manufactured them.

As part of the recall, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission advised consumers who suspect they have one of the adapters to contact the company. Dell will send free replacements to customers with the recalled adapters. “

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Dell is generally in good shape, but replacing 4.4 MILLION of ANYthing is going to get expensive. The bottom line is going to take a serious hit.

I don’t expect it to cause a big flap among buyers, even if they’re directly affected. By this time, we all realize that dell, themselves, didn’t actually manufacture the things. It’s unfortunately ‘just one of those things’. Annoying, but far from fatal, as far as Dell’s responsibility goes.