17 INCH PB SCREEN BROKE!!!!!!

[JFreak]

Do your parents have house contents insurance? It's worth checking to see if it's covered. Good Luck.

i too think this is your best bet - i got 2000 euros from insurance company when my tibook's screen broke. all i had to do is to have it written and signed by apple authorized service that "this damage will not be covered by warranty and it will cost 2000 euros to fix it".

needless to say, i didn't repair the thing. i have an albook now 😉

 

[BrianKonarsMac]

home owners insurance and renter's insurance is great. anything get's lost, stolen, damaged, any reason; replaced. it's not something to take advantage of due to increasing premiums and chance of getting dropped, but in a worst case scenario, it's a nice fix.

You could always claim your laptop was outside on the patio or something, surfing the internet wirelessly, went inside to get a drink, came out and a tree branch had snapped off and crashed down into your laptop, destroying your precious screen 😛 .

 

[belair]

So close

I haven't got wireless on it! Damn!
But the gardener was cutting the trees in the garden yesterdy… 😱
It's got to be the gardener who did it. It's always the gardener!!!!

I haven't had time to call my apple dealer but will do today. A dead screen is very sad to look at.

 

[JFreak]

when you have time, please, first contact your insurance company. be sure to have prepared such a story for them that the situation will be described as "an accident that couldn't have been avoided" and not just a stupid mistake. ask politely would they rather pay for fixing the old one instead of replacing it with a new one, and say that you would be willing to show the laptop to an authorized apple service personnell, and get it in writing how much it would cost to repair. and include a price how much a comparable new one would cost, too.

it will cost a lot to get the screen repaired, but it will still be significantly less than a price of a new laptop. that's why it is more than likely that the insurance company offers to give you money to get it repaired, and that's why you would do yourself a favor by asking the apple service to put in some extra to the repair costs 🙂 maybe stating that there's X hours work which costs a lot. naturally asking them to have few extra hours in the estimate, so that they can drink enough coffee during the repair service...

you will likely get what the repair service costs, if your home insurance covers laptops. i would think that laptops would have to be specifically excluded it they are not covered, since nowadays there are laptops everywhere.

anyway, good luck.

 

[rt_brained]

You could always claim your laptop was outside on the patio or something, surfing the internet wirelessly, went inside to get a drink, came out and a tree branch had snapped off and crashed down into your laptop, destroying your precious screen 😛 .

Not a branch, a bird. Get yourself a dead bird and glue it head first into the hole in the screen. You know how they're always flying into windows.

Oh wait...you said this was an Apple. Nevermind.

 

[belair]

Not a branch, a bird. Get yourself a dead bird and glue it head first into the hole in the screen. You know how they're always flying into windows.

Nice one that even made me lough.
My brother called our apple dealer and they said they would have to send it to apple and that it will be around 1000 euros to reapir. Still cheaper than a new one. 😱

 

[Horrortaxi]

We aren't allowed to post about software piracy and warez, but insurance fraud is just fine apparently. Cool. Nobody has State Farm, right?

 

[Duff-Man]

We aren't allowed to post about software piracy and warez, but insurance fraud is just fine apparently. Cool. Nobody has State Farm, right?

Duff-Man says...very good point. People amaze me sometimes in that they expect someone else to pay for their own mistakes/clumsiness/stupidity. Now, if the person does have some home contents insurance that covers this sort of thing and they *honestly* report what happened, then fine....otherwise, yes, it is fraud and we all pay for that through higher insurance rates....oh yeah!

 

[Jimong5]

If you want a pro to fix it, I would recommend Powerbook resq.
http://www.powerbookresq.com/

They fixed my dead pismo in a 4 day turnaround for $159. Apple wanted $350 just to look at it. its a very good service.

 

[mpopkin]

Hey
Apple Charges $500 to replace the screen on the Apple Studio Display(17 Inch) which is almost the full price, my job has a broken screen and that is the price applecare quoted(academic too) so it might be more pricey to normal consumers, not this is only the studio display 17 inch, laptop screens are always usually double cost or more, i would be looking in the $1000 dollar/euro range easily, you can check ebay, sometimes you can find a screen for sale. But Applecare will definetely not fix it, sorry about the screen, but you should always be careful around the screen, the computer can work without the screen though.
Good Luck
Matt

Oh my God!
My brothers 17 inch 1 gig powerbook fell today and the screen is broke. I can still see an image but its totally broke. Actually he was fooling about with a some toycar or wather and he accidentally threw it "in the screen". And yes he is older than 10 years.
What to do? Could someone give me a number how much it will cost to repair, replace the screen.
My brother is going nuts about this. He was the most maniac about cleaning and not touching the screen of his laptop…and now its gone.

I know this is going to be expensive but how much? Otherwise he will have to get an ibook if the screen is more than 1400 euros. But it can't be that expensive, can it?

This sucks 🙁