My old (borked) MacBook actually is a MacBook Pro, I didn't even bother taking it into to get it repaired because I've had this same issue with multiple laptops in the past (other than this one, I believe all the others were Dells) and everytime I was told the same thing: It's so expensive to replace the screen, it's not even worth it. Just buy a new comp. So I preemptively did that. If my issue can be solved with the cost being much lower than the price of the new MacBook, that kinda brings me down, but at the same time, I have a feeling I'm going to like having 2x the RAM and 4x the hard drive space, so it's whatever.
I guess at the very least I could always take the old one in to the Apple Store and have them quote me on a repair, and if it's worth it I have a backup.