On Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:53:17 +1000, Bob Larter wrote:
Sure. The LCD panel or the motherboard for a 3 year old laptop typically
cost as much to buy as spare parts as brand new laptop would.

bull****. The LCD panel typicaly costs 1/3 the price of a new laptop, from the
manufacturer, or about 1/10th to 1/8th the price if bought on the used market.

Nobody pays two ****ing thousand dollars for an LCD panel.
Ditto for the motherboard.