general life span of notebook PC screens

As some of you know, I had a Dell XPS M1330 that recently failed outright. Consequently I've been looking for a replacement of sorts, although I have not yet decided what that will be. One possible option is a used M1330, which elicited the question--what is the general lifespan of a M1330 display screen or a contemporary notebook LCD display screen? I understand the M1330 display screen is LCD, some of which have a LED back-light option. I ask specifically about screens because the M1330 I am considering has a new motherboard; I surmise motherboards are the first component to fail, although I could well be wrong. Anything else I need to consider as I evaluate the used notebook PC option?

Thanks much for reading and any advice/suggestions.

Ken

 

Hard question to answer. Lots of variables involved. Notebooks get slammed around, open and closing of the lid, etc.. The backlight or inverter, if the notebook isn't abused, should last for years. The actual LCD panel should last even longer than those two components.

 

we have a HP Pavilion notebook that I bought in 04. The screen has gotten little dimmer than what I remember from before, but it's still usable.

 

The screens are usually the last part to go with most people, laptops tend to get killed in other ways before the screen actually dies, unless you get a bad inverter or backlight, with the inverter being an easy fix but the backlight being basically replacing the entire screen.

But they usually last longer than most of the other components.

 

If no damage to the screen occurs, it can last 10 years easily. The backlight will go dimmer with time though.

 

I've an old notebook from 1986 that still works.
yeah it doesn't run crysis. but it runs DOS flawless.

 

Lol,

Yeah lcd panels last a long time, i've toyed with a Texas Instruments (i think it was a TI at least) about 6 years ago that was running windows 3.11 and the lcd was still kickin.

The LCD in my Toshiba M40 (RIP) outlived the laptop, when it died it was because of a mobo or GPU issue, never bothered to diagnose it precisely as the laptop was already 6 years old.

 

I actually have several old notebooks from the 80's to early 90's. the oldest working is from 1986. it weights about 9kg and it has a built in dot matrix printer.
LCD's last forever. it just depends on the use. just like a car. you have cars with 100 years old that still work today.
I've an old calculator from the 70's. still works.
you just have to maintain things.
the only tricky part is the battery. it depends on the technology used but they will certainly fail after a few years.

 

I greatly appreciate all the responses, which are informative and helpful. I realize many factors affect screen display life, and the conclusion I draw here is a LCD screen that is generally well cared for will outlive most or all of the notebook PC's other components.

Thanks much again,
Ken