[DM-MUG] Broken MBP displaY

[Matt W]

In rough order of part cost:

http://www.techrestore.com/xcart/home.php?cat=328 (includes replacement!)
http://www.powerbookmedic.com/
http://www.powerbookguy.com/

The first option looks like the best.

Matthew
maccelerate at earthlink.net

-----Original Message-----
>From: "Victoria L. Herring" <vlh at herringlaw.com>
>Sent: May 16, 2007 9:27 AM
>To: MUG Des Moines <dmmug at dmmug.org>
>Subject: [DM-MUG] Broken MBP displaY
>
>I gave my son my MacBookPro  [original version] last year for his 
>birthday and it has developed black spots on the display [2 1" ones 
>on L side] - we sent it off to Apple via the local Genius.  They 
>warned us it might not be covered but tried = well it isn't because 
>there is a crack in the monitor and it'll cost $1200 to fix it.  I'm 
>not willing to pay for that.
>
>My recall is that it might be possible to get someone else to repair 
>it with a new 'top' and it'd cost, but not so much.  Any ideas? 
>Should we just sell it as it is and get some value for it and see 
>what he wants for graduation?  Should we fix it [my view] and if so 
>how?
>
>The lady is right, it's not under warranty and probably resulted from 
>a drop that didn't initially crack the monitor but ended up over time 
>so it is our problem.  I'd just like to know the best way to handle 
>it.
>-- 
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