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Re:Fighting for the right to repair your own stuff by ab_testing on Saturday October 17, 2020 @01:54PM (#24811775)
No. A Full HD replacement screen for a last year's Lenovo Thinkpad can be had for as little as $59 on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/BRIGHTFOCAL-Thinkpad-1920x1080-Replac...

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Re:Fighting for the right to repair your own stuff by chrisseaton on Saturday October 17, 2020 @01:55PM (#24811790)
> No. A Full HD replacement screen for a last year's Lenovo Thinkpad can be had for as little as $59 on Amazon

What are you saying no to? That's what I said - an old-style low-res Full HD screen is cheap and standard. A modern retina screen is not. That's why they're harder, and so more expensive, to replace.

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Re:Fighting for the right to repair your own stuff by justinclift on Sunday October 18, 2020 @08:36PM (#24822365)
It's probably this bit:

  old-style low-def
"Old style low-def" sounded more like the common super low-end 1280x768 panels. "Full HD" is at least reasonable, though people used to retina screens might not agree. ;)
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