On Tuesday, December 10, 2002, at 09:58 AM, paulatx1 at aol.com wrote: > One main reason to purchase AppleCare right away is so that you get > free phone support after your initial 90 days phone support expires. > (If you don't need phone support for software issues, more power to > you; but lots of people benefit from this support.) Another reason > is to make sure a. you dont' forget and b. Apple doesn't raise the > rate on you. Apple Support = 1.) they blame your problems on 3rd party software & hardware. 2.) They tell you to do a clean install of the OS. I can do that my self. For an evening of thought-provoking background music... etyrnal.muzik http://www.mp3.com/lukeetyrnal etyrnal at ameritech.net