: Has anyone else experienced anything like this?  If this just means that I
: need to replace the screen then I guess I'll have to but I thought that the
: "death" of my LCD screen would be a little less dramatic when it eventually
: happened.  I didn't want to take it in to be repaired before I asked on the
: net about this because I already know what they'll say: "Yep, you gotta have
: this replaced and it's gonna cost you $???."

: I've only had the computer for about 21 months.

"Only"?!?  That's a long time! (echoing above posting)  The way the market
is going nowadays, your machine's obsolete two weeks before you buy it. 
Sounds like you'll have to sink *some* money into it for repair, but
that's sometimes necessary for equipment.

: Is that a reasonable life
: cycle for a LCD display?

I think 21 months with nothing wrong until now is quite reasonable.  If
you had bought a Compaq or Toshiba, you might have reasonably expected the
machine to last longer before something went wrong; but that's a moot
point, perhaps.

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