Laptop Screen Destroyed - What to do?
A friend of mine just setup a nice computer desk and hutch. The laptop placed on the desk, the printer on a shelf above it.
Who knows, cheap computer furniture or possibly improper assembly. Either way, the shelf with the printer came down on the laptop and wrecked the screen.
The laptop is old enough that, even if he had Dell’s CompleteCare, it wouldn’t do him any good. He asked me what to do.
Parts alone are probably around $800; out of the question for an old laptop. My suggestion is to take the screen all the way off and plug in a nice flat panel display.
If you wanted, you could even put the laptop off to the side or underneath and plug in (or use wireless) nice keyboard and mouse. Then you can still use the computing power of the laptop, and when it dies, the money you spent on keyboard, mouse and flat panel display can still be put to good use with a new PC.
Laptop repair is an expensive option; chances are, there is a better solution when something like this happens.
