i'm with the person that said get a service plan on it. think about it like this: 3 year plan or so on a laptop. use it through that 3 years then just b4 the plan is up "accidently" drop it off your desk and have the lcd fall off... (make sure all your stuff is backed up). take it in for service. hard to fix an lcd, they'll probably give you a whole new laptop. there ya go. set for a good many more years. figure in 6 more years you'll be getting a new laptop anyways b/c of that one being out dated.... idk if this made sense i'm half here right now but yeah...