I dropped my laptop. My LCD is broken. What to do next?
Yesterday was the worst day of my life. I grabbed my laptop bag while getting out of the car and hung it around my shoulders. All of a sudden, my laptop fell out and dropped on the concrete street. The laptop bag was not fully zipped...
Now the LCD comes up with all types of colored lines and it seems like it is internally damaged and even cracked. The surface looks intact but that probably doesn't mean anything.
I'm a college student and I spent 6 months saving for this notebook 
Funny enough, the warranty expired last month
I'm on a budget but at the same time I need a new system in order to work. Does anyone know what to do next?
What should I do with the laptop? Is it worth getting a new LCD?
When would be a good time to buy a laptop? Where could I get a really good deal?
Thanks
Honestly, Replacement LCd's runs upwards of 300 dolalrs depending on the size of the screen, and if its one of those screens that are xbrite or those shiny mirror looking screens. you would be spending as much as 400 dollars on just the screen, not to mention the installation would have to be done by a professional or at least someone that knows what they are doing. The labor cost on that is probably around 50 bucks. I feel your pain and this is what i would do.
Go on ebay and sell your laptop as working but bad screen. list is being usable becuae everythign works,just the lcd screen is busted. You may get lucky and get a few hundred dollars for it.
Now if you are looking to buy a laptop, now is a good time becuae new models are hitting store shelves. even dell.com can give you great deals on a decent laptop for about 500 dollars. I saw dells' and sony's and toshiba's at my local walmart for arund 400 dollars.. Not the fastest things in the world, but the specs are good enough to do the normal everyday stuff.
now if you post your stuff on ebay and someone buy's it for parts, and you may get lucky and get 2 or mabyt 300 for it, you can put in anoyther 200 and get yourself a good laptop.
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