i have a acer tavelmate 290e
has a damaged lcd that can be bought on ebay
works perfectly with some standard specs

TravelMate 292EFLCi * Mobile Intel® Celeron® M 1.3 GHz.-M (512 KB L2 Cache)
* Intel® 852 GM Chipset
* Acer InviLink™ IEEE 802.11g
* 256MB DDR-RAM (Max 2GB)
* 40GB HDD, Weight 2.83 kg.
* CD-RW/DVD Combo

can be hooked up on an external monitor