Took me nearly three hours to take my powerbook apart eough (a.k.a. nearly totally) to find out, that the broken hinge was an integral part of the entire display (i.e. its frame).

Gone the hope that I could find some entrepreneural craftsman to make me a custom replacement. Gone even the hope of purchasing an overpriced original sparepart:

Apple Screen Hinge, Left (infrared port side) for PowerBook G4 Titanium (new) - $159.95

Instead, this means, or rather would mean: LCD Screen/Upper Case Assembly with Cables/Hinges for PowerBook G4 Titanium 400/500 and Gigabit Ethernet 550/667 (used) - $999.95

So, what it really means is, that Yes, David, thanks for your offer, I'm gonna get myself a spanking new 12" G4 Powerbook! W00t! I mean, of course, shit, what an unnecessary expense! Just think of all the diapers and Childrens toys we could have bought from this hard earned money. But the way it is, I'm (unfortunately...) forced to buy this expensive, brandnew, shiny geek toy. What a bummer ;-)

Now all I need to do, is get all those parts back together again and pray, that it will still be working... And then we've got ourselves a nice little, quiet Home Entertainment Unit for the Living room (albeit with external display, keyboard and mouse...)

And I mean, come on!, we've got to keep the economy going, don't we?