I don't see any advantage buying AppleCare immediately or any other time during the warranty period. I definitely believe in AppleCare, tho, for anyone who has a laptop. A desktop, maybe not. On Tuesday, May 20, 2003, at 05:05 PM, Shahara9 at aol.com wrote: > Also, what benefit is there of purchasing the Apple Protection at the > same > time as the computer, rather than perhaps forgetting to do so in the > future? Ron