well it appears that I have 3 choices
1) get a new lcd (screen) for the laptop $75 on Ebay
2) get a used laptop off ebay and just swap my drive ( $110)
3) is it time to get a new laptop? $380-$450

as I said in the chat , I split liquid on the screen, and it is now UN-usable..

my current laptop does what I need , but the last laptop I replaced the screen and that only got me another year . and never got back together right ..
I saw that my laptop is so old , replacements on ebay are only 100-150 for the whole thing... 5 minutes swapping disks and I could be up and running ..where as the lcd replacement would take a couple of hours...
the laptop is 4.5 years old( pretty surprised when I looked it up) and laptops don't really last that long..but I have to admit this one seems sturdy... and the part that really sucks is I will have to set-up a new laptop and move my book marks. configurations etc..

I am leaning toward replacement and swapping drive ...
looking for opinions ,
no wrong answer here