[geeks] Powerbook LCD replacement; Windows Media suckage

[Mike Parson]

On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 10:34:51AM -0600, Matthew Braun wrote:
> That's pretty much what I'm hoping to do, but I'm not sure what price 
> I'd pay off ebay vs the $649 or so that I found elsewhere. I found a PB 
> that's being sold for parts, but last I checked, the price was near the 
> $550 mark, so it would probably be about the same in the end (although 
> I can see having a bunch of decapitated powerbooks making a nice and 
> compact (though rather hot) XGrid cluster).

A guy I've known on IRC for years recently (successfully) replaced the
LCD on his G4 Powerbook:

* Price breakdown:
$165 for the LCD
$10 for shipping
$8 for epoxy and clamps
$12 for #8 and #6 Torx screwdrivers

http://ruzty.blogspot.com/2004/10/replaced-my-powerbook-g4-lcd.html

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Michael Parson
mparson at bl.org