[P1] iBook G3

[Leo Mulvihill]

I buy the extended warranty from the store where I bought my iBook... 
one third the cost of Apple Care... twice the length of time. If they 
cannot fix it in the store in one day...... they give me a new iBook.

cheers

Leo
On 27 Aib 2004, at 18:53, Angus Wallace wrote:

> I'm not sure I understand you. Is there a difference between an 
> extended warranty and AppleCare? My ibook came with a 3 year warranty, 
> but I've not purchased AppleCare. Surely a 3 year warranty means just 
> that?!?
>
> Cheers
> -Angus
>
>
> On 26/04/2004, at 8:29 PM, david wrote:
>
>> On 4/25/04 9:08 PM, "Ron Reames" <rreames at cableone.net> wrote:
>>
>>> That's right. As one who paid $250 for AppleCare, I feel cheated by
>>> Apple.
>>>
>> You should take Paul's advice seriously but also consider this: When 
>> your
>> keyboard drops a key, when your LCD backlight fails, when your hard 
>> drive
>> seizes, when your CD-drive stops spinning, and/or when your trackpad 
>> begins
>> stuttering, you will be glad you have AppleCare. Apple's extended 
>> warranty
>> covers only a single problem.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 25, 2004, at 11:18 AM, Paul Bernhardt wrote:
>>>
>>>> I advise the following: If the iBook serial number is 'in the range'
>>>> *don't* get the Apple Care. Apple is already committed to fixing all
>>>> those machines
>>
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