[G4] AppleCare

[Paul Moortgat]

It's like insurance, you never need it until you need it.  With all my 
Macs (7) in all these years, I never paid for it.  It's a lot of money 
for 2 extra years.  The first is free with the purchase.  And if it 
isn't broke by then, it will not break the next years.  All my firewire 
problems I had, I had them the first year shortly after the purchase.  
I don't have anything for 4 Macs.

Paul Moortgat

On 19-jul-04, at 01:52, Bill Lamb wrote:

> On Jul 18, 2004, at 9:13 AM, Jerry Bunn wrote:
>
>> I'm curious about what everyone thinks about the worth of AppleCare.  
>> Is it worth the extra $249 for the three year protection?  How many 
>> have gotten anything out of it during the 2nd and 3rd years, after 
>> the regular warranty expires.
>
> After owning all sorts of Macs over the years, staring with a Mac 
> Plus, I had my first hardware problem earlier this year. The CD R/W 
> went south on my Dual 1.25Ghz tower. It was still under factory 
> warranty, so no problem. But I bought the extra two years right before 
> the free one year warranty expired.
>
> I figured the machine's had one problem, so it might have more.
>
> And if it doesn't, I'll just consider it a bribe paid to fate to 
> insure the machine's "health." ;-)
>
> It's like any insurance, you don't need it until you need it. A peace 
> of mind thing.
>
> But as another poster noted, I'd always definitely get it for a laptop.
>
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