On 10/4/05 7:43 AM, Ted Burton <egburton at cableone.net> wrote: > At 6:30 PM -0700 on 10/3/05, Jon Warms spoke about Re: [X4U] Applecare thusly: > >> How old is the mini? Aren't all minis still covered by the >> one year hardware warranty? > > I purchased a mini the day they were announced ... > Thus it was just over a year old when the hard disk died The Mac mini was announced January 11, 2005. So it could not have been just over a year old when the hard disk died. As Jon said, currently all Mac minis are still within their one year hardware warranty.