For me Applecare usually pays for itself just by giving me free telephone tech support for an extra 2 years and 9 months. (If I remember correctly you get 90 days of free telephone support for a new Mac, and with Applecare, that extends to 3 years.) Of course if you have a serious hardware problem in the second and third year, it definitely pays to have it. By the way, it's absolutely worth $119, but unless you're talking about some foreign currency, I think it's usually $219. However, I usually get it for less at Small Dog (one of the sponsors of this list). I notice it's $149 there today. Other people may know of better prices somewhere else. Brian On 12/14/03 1:23 PM, "Jay Boshara" <jboshara at mchsi.com> wrote: > What are your thoughts on getting AppleCare? Is it worth it at $119?