> > BTW, I feel rather ripped off. I bought the G5 in the middle of November, > > and there records show it was the 14th, yet the Applecare expires on the > > 31st of October. This does not make me happy. Is this standard? > > Did you actually purchase the machine on Nov. 14? I know I had mistaken the > length of my warranty based on the date I registered with Apple, which was a > few days after the actual purchase date. AFAIK, it's supposed to be based on > the original purchase date. Yes, that was the day the store opened, and it is the date that their system shows I purchased it. Yet Applecare says it expires two weeks earlier. I'm glad to hear that this apparently isn't normal since I typically recommend people buy Applecare with thier systems (this is the first time I've done it myself). Zane