At 8:13 PM +0100 on 10/3/05, Phillip Deackes spoke about [X4U] Applecare thusly: >The free 1yr warranty on my 15" 1.67MHz G4 Powerbook is due to end >in Feb 2006. I am considering taking out Applecare, especially since >a colleague's 17" Powerbook has stopped working and he has been >quoted hundreds of pounds to repair it . . . I buy such things. AppleCare on my Mac mini was a blessing. And when I bought a used truck a year ago, I paid for an extended warranty which just saved me five times its cost by purchasing me a new transmission. Two good lessons. If sod's law works, then in one sense you bought sod's law coverage. -- I am a Christian Democrat. Jesus Christ was a Jew, and a Liberal.