[X4U] mac mini (2009) and applecare

[Aron S. Spencer]

On Apr 16, 2009, at 1:14 PM, zapcat wrote:

> I respectfully disagree with that statement.
>
> when Mac gear fails and you are outside of the 90-day warranty, and  
> without apple care, you then pay whatever rate Apple decides to  
> charge you for the parts and service.

No, you're covered for a year on that, not 90 days. The 90-day is for  
"technical support"; i.e., "how do I...?", not for the warranty.  
That's part of what makes the value of AppleCare questionable (to me);  
it's not 3 years of coverage, it's 2 years extension on the warranty,  
plus tech support, which I have no need for.

When you call between 90 days and 1 year, you may be asked for credit  
card info, but you won't be charged if they determine that the problem  
is a hardware issue.

> Since the mother board basically IS the computer, you can expect to  
> pay a pretty penny for that, plus whatever hourly rate the procedure  
> costs.
>
> while it's easy to compare the applecare cost against the cost of a  
> computer which is relatively inexpensive to purchase, that purchase  
> price is NOT an accurate predictor of the potential cost to have  
> that computer REPAIRED.
>
> A technician who charges $65/hr for computer repairs is not going to  
> lower her/his rate simply because you bought an inexpensive Mac.  
> Same goes for the prices of components.
>
> the economies of scale which enable the sale of inexpensive  
> computers do not transfer to the repair of individual computers.
>
> zc
>
>
>
> On Apr 16, 2009, at 9:52 AM, Zane H. Healy wrote:
>
>> When something like Applecare costs 1/3 the price you really have to
>> question its value.
>
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Aron S. Spencer
Union, NJ 07083