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Macbook Air Screen broken

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October 11, 2014 10:38:01 AM

Hey all. A friend game me a Macbook Air Serial# W8826026Y5G 13.3 inch 1.6Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo. Unfortunately the screen is broken. I am looking to either sell it or fix the screen and then sell it. Which would be more profitable? Also, is it hard to replace the screen?

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October 11, 2014 10:59:30 AM

Probably easier just to sell it or sell the parts. While the screen can be replaced, you pretty much have to disassemble the entire MBA to get to it.
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Air+Models+A1237+a...

Guides for your specific model can be found here:
https://www.ifixit.com/Device/MacBook_Air

And a description of taking apart the display at step 20 here:
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/MacBook+Air+Models+A123...

If you do decide the replace the display, note that the MBA screens aren't exactly the best (in fact they're some of the worst at color gamut). You may want to research to see if there's a better screen you can install (though it's probably unlikely due to the non-standard 16:10 aspect ratio).
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October 11, 2014 5:36:24 PM

Thanks!! I would prefer just to sell it whole, but which would be better?

Also, out of curiosity, why do they use a 16:10 aspect ratio?
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October 11, 2014 7:00:40 PM

pilot_nate said:
Thanks!! I would prefer just to sell it whole, but which would be better?

Also, out of curiosity, why do they use a 16:10 aspect ratio?


They do it just because they don´t want to follow the standards, they want to make their customers feel ´special´
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