Well, bad news. idparts.com called and said they could do it for less than $300, and i gave them the goahead....
They put a new LCD in and said that my power adapter must have been messed up because there was no picture... Now i sent them the laptop on an almost full battery, and the power adapter is worn - but it works. I told them when you plug it in the plug should light up orange....
They said ok to that, realized it wasn't the power adapter but the LCD. They said they couldn't get the backlight to work on the the new screen because it had a 2 digit difference in the model number... but my cracked one worked fine (it lit up). They said the exact model number of the LCD isn't available anymore (by the way - my powerbook was new in september) They said they have one that looks identical except for the 2 last digits. I guess it plugged in perfectly and everything but just didn't light up.
They offered me the LCD that didn't work in my computer for $50 off the standard price... but wtf am i going to do with that????
They said they could send it back or think about it over the weekend and try to get it to work monday.... I told them to figure it out and send it back to me if they couldn't get it to work.
So as of now it's not working and may have to go to one of those really expensive places.
Here are the quotes I got:
powerbookmedic.com : these guys advertise in Macworld and obviously have experience. Thier quote- $799 + $75 installation. Might as well get a new one for that much.... (i said 395 earlier, that was a different quote)
lcdsforless.com : these guys don't seem as 'mac' as pbmedic, but they said they could get it done for a cool $395
laptoprepair.com : never heard of these people. $450
MacResQ: now based on the way these guys advertise you would think they have it in stock and would be able to fix it blindfolded. They said "MacResQ does not have the 12" G4 Screen in stock. You can try searching on
http://www.dealmac.com or
http://www.dealsontheweb.com."
So I looked at both those sites to no avail. I thought MacResQ would have it all....
I would like for idparts to be able to get me setup and working, but i'm starting to think they may not be able to. I'd not like having to go to one of those really expensive places but feel I might have to.
tazo - i'd like to have gotten it fixed by apple too, but for $1200? come on. That's simply too much. I might as well get a widescreen lcd if i'm going to spend that much.
I'm thinking i'm going to LCDS4LESS.com....
Anyone know of a good company to send it to that can really fix it for a good price?
I just want it to work again!
I'm using a windows machine on campus now and it just sucks! However, i am listening to Itunes radio. You gotta love the Chronix Aggression station!
-ryan