Welcome back, slic!
Sorry to hear about the bad news of the broken LCD.

My install worked fine using the metod I've linked before. I've had no Mac at hand, only a DVD, some USB sticks, a WinXP box, and the laptop itself. Still, I've managed to put things together, install Snow, and update it to 10.6.2. Then I've made my laptop triple boot, intalling Ubuntu and Win7 as well. With a little knowledge and a lot of reading, it is perfectly possible.

My laptop now looks as my signature states:

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SL 10.6.2 on Dell Latitude D830 BIOS rev.A14
CPU: Intel Mobile Core2 Duo T9500 (Penryn) 2.6GHz (SL sees 2.69)
MB/Chipset: Intel PM965 rev.C0, 82801HBM (ICH8-ME)
MEM: 4GB Hyundai PC2-5300, 2x332.5MHz, CL5/5/5/15
GFX: nVidia Quadro NVS 140M, 256MB, G86M, rev.A2 (GraphicsEnabler)
LAN: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5755M Gbit (32-bit driver only)
Wi-Fi: Intel 4965 AGN (no drivers for SL yet)
HDD: 250GB Western Digital 5400rpm SATA2
Triple Boot (ugh baby!) Snow 10.6.2 / Ubuntu 9.10 / Win7 Ultimate 64