MacBook (Late 2009) for $200 on CL?

[GimmeSlack12]

The catch is that the guy spilled water on keyboard and the keyboard is busted. That's not too big of a deal as I'm really looking for a HTPC, though still researching if that will be enough horsepower to drive 1080p movies.

My question is if I wanted to try and replace the keyboard would that be possible? I hear it's not the easiest of machines to work on.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

My 2007 iMac with a 2 GHz C2D CPU and 4 GB RAM can play back 1080p content (except Flash of course), even my 2008 white MacBook could do that (though not that often, as 1080p content on a 1280 x 800 display is a bit stupid).

As I don't see any guide about keyboard replacement on iFixIt (here are the guides on iFixIt for that model), I guess, it is a bit complicated, to say the least.

 

[huythanhv2]

The catch is that the guy spilled water on keyboard and the keyboard is busted. That's not too big of a deal as I'm really looking for a HTPC, though still researching if that will be enough horsepower to drive 1080p movies.

My question is if I wanted to try and replace the keyboard would that be possible? I hear it's not the easiest of machines to work on.

I'm not sure about replacing the keyboard but I'm more worried about the water did get through the keyboard and affect the motherboard...

 

[GimmeSlack12]

I'm not sure about replacing the keyboard but I'm more worried about the water did get through the keyboard and affect the motherboard...

Yeah that is to be reviewed still to if the guy gets back to me. But assuming that the MoBo is ok then I'll consider this a strong possibility to buy and use as an Plex machine.

 

[Spink10]

Yeah that is to be reviewed still to if the guy gets back to me. But assuming that the MoBo is ok then I'll consider this a strong possibility to buy and use as an Plex machine.

Great price if its only a keyboard replacement - what is the cost if you replace keyboard?

 

[GimmeSlack12]

Great price if its only a keyboard replacement - what is the cost if you replace keyboard?

So far I've seen a new keyboard at $50. Though the process for doing so is fairly daunting, nothing I can't do, but I'd say is a 7/10 on the difficulty scale.

The guy hasn't responded though so I'm figuring this isn't gonna happen anyway.