This MacBook Battery Got So Hot It Was Nuked Into Goo [Image]

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Sometimes batteries go bad, but this 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook’s battery didn’t just fizzle out: it expanded like a marshmallow in the microwave. Just a reminder to take your MacBook in for servicing when that tell tale exclamation point dangerously pops up over your Mac’s battery icon, eh?

[via MethodShop

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