[X4U] mac mini (2009) and applecare

[alexandre]

thanks to all who answered… i've yet to decide on whether to get  
applecare or not, both side having good arguments!

as to whether upgrading the ram and hard drive voids the warranty,  
i've read that if nothing is broken in the process, it IS still valid.  
but i guess a quick call to apple will get me the best answer.

regards, alexandre

On Apr 17, 2009, at 24:37 , Daly Jessup wrote:

> Zane wrote:
>
>> Something else to consider is this, can you afford the financial  
>> risk of not
>> having Applecare.  If you can't then you should get it.  For me  
>> personally
>> the whole question can be summed up as follows.  If I am going to  
>> spend
>> about $3,500 on a Mac Pro then I simply can not afford not to spend  
>> $250 on
>> Applecare.  I pretty much view Applecare as a mandatory part of the  
>> cost of
>> a new Mac.
>
> I totally agree. Over the years, I kept track of what I spent on  
> AppleCare for various computers, and what it saved me over the years  
> and definitely AppleCare saves big money. Not every computer I had  
> required it, but  overall, it has saved me thousands of dollars.
>
> And one recent anecdote: My mother's neighbor, whom she convinced to  
> switch to Mac a few years ago, got a new iMac about a year and six  
> months ago. She got him to buy the extended warranty. (And, by the  
> way, the hardware warranty is a year, not 90 days. The 90 days is  
> just for hardware AND phone support.) Within a few weeks of  
> purchase, the optical drive had to be replaced. That in itself paid  
> for the warranty. But a couple of weeks ago, he was having big  
> trouble and it turned out to be the motherboard, and at that point  
> he was well into his extended warranty period.
>
> He now has the computer back, at no extra cost, with a new  
> motherboard. It would have cost him $800 to replace it outside the  
> warranty.
>
> I consider the extended warranty to be just part of the cost of  
> buying a Mac.
>
> Daly
>
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