>P.S. I *do* think Applecare is a good idea and am not intending to >discourage anyone >from purchasing it. When I buy my next 'book I will definitely >consider it. That, >however, may be a while. For my traveling machine, I upgraded to the >Ti 400 from a PB >100 :-) > One thing you can do to save a little money is hold off buying the AppleCare until the PowerBook is nearly a year old. AIUI AppleCare isn't really useful until the initial warranty runs out so you might as well hang on to the money for a year. Paul --