Nope! My mom isn't a believer in service plans (though I've definitely become one, and when my brother bought his laptop, I told him he had to buy extra warranty coverage), so my laptop is only under the limited 1 year warranty. Which doesn't cover damage caused by 'accident or abuse' or whatever, and I am fairly sure that when I call, they will say that's why the hinge broke. I honestly have no idea what happened, it was fine when I walked out of Sales,and then I walked into my second class and it was busted. But I have had the computer for a year, and I use it for several hours every day. I'm calling Gateway in the morning to see if they'll fix it. If it's covered by warranty, great. If it's not, but will cost under $200 to fix...I might just pay that and have them fix it. If it's anything more than that, I'm just gonna buy a new laptop.

I guess it's a good thing I didn't spend ALL the money I earned this summer on baseball ^_~