On Dec 26 I went home to Boston from Spain. About 40 minutes before
arrival time, my laptop display died completely. It had previously
shown a tendency to turn off occasionally, but suspending and
unsuspending had fixed it before. This time no; not even shutting
down the machine and removing the batteries made the screen function.
I began to wonder how I could get any further work done until I
obtained a new machine. Would connecting it to an external monitor
produce a useful display?