Originally Posted by cheyennedonna

One suggestion, for those of you afraid of a broken/bricked edge, with no future options. Use a good credit card, like American Express. Their purchase protection plan will take care of you. It extends the manufacturers warranty by one year. One week after the warranty on a Dell laptop expired, the Hard drive failed. American Express refunded my entire purchase price after determining the fix would cost close to the purchase price. Everything I purchase that could fail is paid for with my credit card.