My MacBook almost exploded like Dell.

I purchased my my MacBook in mid-June. I noticed this on July 4th after I watched a exploding Dell on YouTube and made me pay attention to the battery part. Guess what? the battery is warped on my MacBook! Looked like it's about to either explode or leaking some kind of stuff. (I posted some pics here for you guys to take a look at it: http://www.flickr.com/photos/30355162@N00/)
Immediately I took my MacBook into Apple Store on July 4th. Luckily, after about half hr of waiting and talking to the support at Genius Bar, they swapped out my battery from another MacBook (because I had to leave the country within 2 days and they said that was the fastest way for me to get a new battery).
Fortunately, the battery looks ok so far. Just want to let you guys know watch out on the bad batch of battery. Especially the weather is so hot right now. I purchased a USB cooling pad for my MacBook and it's working great too.
MacBook   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

swelling battery is not the first cae you posted. it's already happened like macbook pro. but I guess only few of them have defective. don't worry about temperature. I am in Las Vegas right now. I carry it in my bag all day long. you know. here is like 110F everyday. but I carry, and use it. no problem. of course, in the hotel. or casino.

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