[X4U] mac mini (2009) and applecare

[zapcat]

I respectfully disagree with that statement.

when Mac gear fails and you are outside of the 90-day warranty, and  
without apple care, you then pay whatever rate Apple decides to  
charge you for the parts and service.

Since the mother board basically IS the computer, you can expect to  
pay a pretty penny for that, plus whatever hourly rate the procedure  
costs.

while it's easy to compare the applecare cost against the cost of a  
computer which is relatively inexpensive to purchase, that purchase  
price is NOT an accurate predictor of the potential cost to have that  
computer REPAIRED.

A technician who charges $65/hr for computer repairs is not going to  
lower her/his rate simply because you bought an inexpensive Mac. Same  
goes for the prices of components.

the economies of scale which enable the sale of inexpensive computers  
do not transfer to the repair of individual computers.

zc



On Apr 16, 2009, at 9:52 AM, Zane H. Healy wrote:

> When something like Applecare costs 1/3 the price you really have to
> question its value.

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