"Super NintenDELL"

This is a really fun project for anyone and I am glad kids are getting to do this one as well. It will be a great learning experience for them.

Do you already have plans for connecting the TFT Display of the Laptop to the console?

Generally you would need a Universal LVDS Display Driver that would allow you to input VGA/ DVI into the display. In order to input Composite you would need a VGA to Composite adapter as well. Both of these are rather cheap on Ebay however. This method would be a lot easier and cheaper than converting that tiny LCD from the Gameboy to Composite

The laptop already has a VGA plug used to hook up to a general computer monitor, I'm assuming I can use it. I simply plug a composite adapter into it which would go to the console, correct?

If you are going to put in a laptop, then surely it would be easier to just use emulators an play lots of consoles. The laptop screen cannot be used with a SNES. That port on the side is output, not input. Fix the SNES and turn it into a gameboy with a super gameboy. Don't destroy a very fixable console.

The laptop was recovered from a hospital trash heap, and is just a pile of spare parts. I won't be running the SNES off a laptop, but combining them together. The SNES could be fixed with a new power adapter. The old one is running 2 volts.

I can't use something like this?
21113 - Flatpanel Controller, with analog RGB and DVI Input (for TTL Flatpanels)

Potentially, but you need to make sure it is the correct one for your screen. If you want a laptop form factor then I still recommend finding a working laptop and installing emulators. You can then make your project to intergrate a retrode to rip ROMs and put it in a nice new case. The laptop need not be very good and this is the simplest methould. Estimated time for doing it with the SNES: several man-days. Estimated time without, couple of hours to just get emulators and maybe ten for the case mod.

So you think I should do something more like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_DQpNF-1Zw
The SNES literally just needs a new power adapter. I could find a new console which is totally broken and use it as an emulator case I suppose.
Technically the 'junk' laptop works, the main problem with it is the case. All I was originally interested in was the screen and battery, but now that I see how difficult that is going to be to utilize, maybe I should check out everything else.
The kid already has an emulator incorporated into his Wii, the backbone of this project was nostalgia really. Maybe I'll just find a new plug for their SNES and make an emulator for myself.

Yeah unfortunately most VGA ports on laptops only output. Higher end graphics cards have the ability to input via their VGA/ DVI/ HDMI ports however the general standard VGA/ HDMI ports in a laptop only output. As I was saying in my original post above, generally to recycle old laptop screens you would need a Universal LVDS Display Driver such as:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LVDS-Port-GM2621-Universal-LCD-Display-Monitor-Driver-Controller-Board-/190749755490?pt=US_Laptop_Screens_LCD_Panels&hash=item2c69924862

This link is only an example however, and this particular one may not work for your particular display even though its 'universal'. Generally a Universal Display Driver can be found rather cheap (around $10) on ebay however. If looking them up on ebay and you are unsure whether or not the particular Driver Board you are looking at will work, you can simply just send the seller a message with details about the laptop you have and they will usually be able to tell you if the Driver Board they are selling will work with your display or not, and sometimes they will have a list already made up on their auction.

As for the power adapter for the SNES, replacement plugs can be found cheap. A quick search on ebay resulted in a ton of them generally around $5-10.

If you harvest the plug from the old supply, make sure the new supply your attaching it to is 10v 850mA +(0 -

If you simply just build an emulator from the old laptop, might I recommend Hyperspin. It is easy to set up with a simple tutorial, (easy to follow tutorials can be found on Youtube, without a tutorial, it is rather confusing) but its an all around emulation software that emulates most everything excluding newer generation consoles, Xbox, Xbox 360, Ps2, Ps3, Wii, 3DS, etc. generally used in custom Arcade Cabinets. Although that might be a project you could do with the laptop, build a mini or full size arcade cabinet with it. I am working on a full size custom cabinet myself using an old laptop.

I have access to hundreds of desktop monitors my uncle buys at auction and sells at the flea market. If I could find an analog flat screen monitor, would that solve this problem? The main red flag I see with that is they don't necessarily run on 10 volts.

An analog display monitor would generally be slightly easier to mess with, but you would still need a VGA or DVI to Composite adapter, and you are also right, they don't run on 10v. The only way around the voltage problem would be to step up the voltage with an inverter. Inverters are generally large in size however, aside from a few 12v inverters made for vehicles.