Not limited to the aluminum models! (Score 1)

I've got a 7 year old Dell Inspiron 4100 that likes to shock me on occasion. Usually it happens when handling the laptop from the right side where the Ethernet port resides. I think it's the same problem, but that's about the only place where metal is readily present from the shielding around the port. ... I must say that it's a pretty good size zap when it does decide to bite me. It's well above any normal static discharge.