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[Jaswalker24]

something happened to my laptop the other day and not sure how much its gonna cost
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[dreckly]

something happened to my laptop the other day and not sure how much its gonna cost
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It would probably cost quite a bit if you sent it to a repair shop. There are replacement screens on ebay for about £90, it will cost less if you fit it yourself.

How old is it, i.e did you take out warranty

[Jaswalker24]

something happened to my laptop the other day and not sure how much its gonna cost
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It would probably cost quite a bit if you sent it to a repair shop. There are replacement screens on ebay for about £90, it will cost less if you fit it yourself.

How old is it, i.e did you take out warranty

its four months old and unfortunately not covered by apple

[bcjames]

I'm sure it was around £300 for a new screen when I had one sent in to Apple for a repair. I guess a genius bar would charge the same.

[charie t]

I had a new screen on my old laptop and it was £200 fitted

[Bobby9779]

Ebay is the way to go, it is not hard to fit it yourself.

[ccfc]

something happened to my laptop the other day and not sure how much its gonna cost
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It would probably cost quite a bit if you sent it to a repair shop. There are replacement screens on ebay for about £90, it will cost less if you fit it yourself.

How old is it, i.e did you take out warranty

its four months old and unfortunately not covered by apple

I thought Apple gave a 12 month warranty?

1. How long is my MacBook covered by Apple’s warranty?
Your MacBook is covered by Apple’s Limited Warranty for one year. Warranty service for eligible repairs is available at no charge for twelve months from the date of original retail purchase ("date of purchase").

Apple Care is truly worth getting though, mine's a year old but they've sorted out a lot of stuff for me, all cosmetic though.

Could well just be the screen, but Apple will charge you a good few hundred to replace (If you're not under warranty for some reason). Just pray it's not the logic board (Which I know effected a lot of iMac's in a similar way). Best bet, take it to a Genius Bar, see what they say on their diagnostics

[Jaswalker24]

I've got an appointment on tuesday
I was going to get the apple care but unfortunately don't have the money for it.
I keep it in a locked drawer, I think it happened when I closed the lid, when it comes to these sort of things, I get obsessive to how they are, I believe that its a manufacturing defect with it as the lid was getting a bit stiff :/

[t@z]

best place to ask mate is macrumors (i think) with your prob; they will sort you out and any balls apple may throw at you

[david_vennard]

i thought with apple you would have go atleast a one year warrent as thats what i got with my hp, and didnt have to pay anything extra.

i know stuff about computer/laptops but not apples, working with any laptop taking it apart it always a fiddly job just lots of wee screws. see if you can get the correct sreen off ebay, try and get the part number of your screen, so will get the correct screen.

then if your not confident doing it yourself you will either need a mate who know what he is doing or go to a computer place to fit it. dont go anywhere near a pc world to fix your computer

it will cost a wee bit but where i use to work they had a standard labour charge of working on a laptop of i think 60quid

thats bad of apple because you pay soo much for a mac and they wont even fix it

[Jaswalker24]

well im just back from the apple store, the guy there was really nice, could see it was accidental damage, he checked to see if his boss was there and booked it in for free, i was in and out of there in 15 minutes, only problem was that they didnt have the part in stock, i should have it back by friday, fantastic service at the covent garden store

[Jaswalker24]

well good news, i got my laptop back, new screen, new charger and new headphones, i spent 15 minutes at the bar, anyone in the london area would recommend going to the covent garden store

[bcjames]

Good news! Any of the Apple stores have always been ace to me when I've needed any help or product support

[Jaswalker24]

the guy there said to me they have the fastest repair turn around, but cant really complain with the customer service <3