No paint or any other problems with my very-much-used Ti 400, purchased new about 19 months ago. It's treated with care but leaves the house with me in a Tom Bihn bag almost every day. I probably average six hours of use a day and no paint thinning, chipping, flaking -- nada. I (perhaps foolishly) did not buy AppleCare, in part because I believe by purchasing the 'book with my gold card, the one year warranty was doubled to two. Don (still trying to come up with some viable reason to spend the money on a new 1 gig Ti) Peter Bell wrote: > Hi. > > I have a question for you... > > Is there ANYONE out there who HAS NOT suffered from the paint flaking > problems which are on this list everyday? > > The reason I ask is because my TiBook is around a year old and I am > wondering if it's feasibly possible to get by WITHOUT AppleCare, as I > have recently become unemployed and can't really afford it. >