A thought that only occures to me now after the fact. LCDs have a bulb life of so many hrs. Stand alones for PCs fequently state the life on the specs. I've never thought of it for laptops but then I never had the LCD on one die before...until now. My lap tops screen just died.

If the info can be found I'd say check screen lifes between brands to find the longest lived one. It REALY SUCKs when a useful laptops screen goes out.

My brain is just a toy box filled with weird things